Full Name

Douglas Anthony Marillier

Born

April 24, 1978, Salisbury (now Harare)

Age

45y 330d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Middle order Batter

RELATIONS

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After surviving a horrific car crash at the age of 16, Dougie Marillier was wheelchair-bound for three months, and it was feared he would never play cricket again. But he recovered to become an aggressive opening or middle-order batsman who favoured the leg side. He also showed outstanding improvisational skills in the one-day game, and gained great kudos in Zimbabwe in February 2001 by twice lapping low off-side full-tosses from Glenn McGrath over his shoulder for four in the final over of a Perth one-dayer when 14 were needed (Zimbabwe lost by one run). He repeated the shot with devastating effect in a famous one-day victory over India at Faridabad in 2001-02. An occasional offspinner who gets more bounce than turn, he made an unexpected mark as a bowler in the fourth ODI against England at Bulawayo in October 2001, when he came on at 95 for 0 and stopped the rot by singlehandedly removing the top four in the order. He was also known to keep wicket. Marillier quit Zimbabwe cricket at the end of March 2004, disillusioned and angry, like so many before him, and after trying his luck as a professional in England, he opted to concentrate on his family's real estate business. After a break of more than five years, Marillier returned to Zimbabwe cricket in early 2010, signing up for the Mashonaland Eagles franchise and, somewhat surprisingly, being named in a provisional squad for Zimbabwe's tour of the West Indies in March.
Martin Williamson and Liam Brickhill February 2010

Dougie Marillier Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests5711867331.0043742.560216220
ODIs4841467210018.1694970.8113627120
FC41714261120238.97--714--390
List A93847189511724.61--39--270
T20s6601097418.1611099.09018200

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests56616322114/576/9629.273.1356.0200
ODIs483515741235304/384/3841.164.7052.4100
FC41-34072131564/44-38.053.7560.8-00
List A93-29102297564/384/3841.014.7351.9100
T20s63424022/112/1120.005.7121.0000
Douglas Anthony Marillier

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Recent Matches of Dougie Marillier

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Eagles vs Mountaineers11--20-Feb-2010HarareT20
Eagles vs Mountaineers2--19-Feb-2010HarareT20
Eagles vs Rocks12/1116-Feb-2010HarareT20
Eagles vs Vipers74--15-Feb-2010HarareT20
Eagles vs Rhinos110/1314-Feb-2010HarareT20

Photos of Dougie Marillier

Dougie Marillier portrait
Douglas Marillier drives for a boundary
Douglas Marillier is clean bowled by Mohammad Sami
Douglas Marillier (L) looks back at his shattered stumps
Zimbabwe's Dougas Marillier plays a shot as Kenyan wicket keeper looks on
Zimbabwe top scorer Douglas Marillier waves his bat in jubilation while running to complete his 100 runs