West Indies v Pakistan / Players / Mark Craig
Full name Mark Donald Craig
Born March 23, 1987, Auckland
Current age 29 years 191 days
Major teams New Zealand, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire 2nd XI, Otago, Otago A
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 15 | 25 | 9 | 589 | 67 | 36.81 | 1083 | 54.38 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| First-class | 51 | 74 | 12 | 1632 | 104 | 26.32 | 3060 | 53.33 | 1 | 8 | 205 | 24 | 44 | 0 |
| List A | 19 | 15 | 4 | 273 | 46 | 24.81 | 306 | 89.21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7.50 | 14 | 107.14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 15 | 29 | 3669 | 2326 | 50 | 7/94 | 10/203 | 46.52 | 3.80 | 73.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| First-class | 51 | 90 | 9452 | 5567 | 129 | 7/94 | 10/203 | 43.15 | 3.53 | 73.2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| List A | 19 | 17 | 796 | 688 | 15 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 45.86 | 5.18 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 16 | 16 | 228 | 319 | 7 | 3/29 | 3/29 | 45.57 | 8.39 | 32.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, Jun 8-11, 2014 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v New Zealand at Kanpur, Sep 22-26, 2016 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class debut | Central Districts v Otago at Napier, Feb 24-27, 2011 scorecard |
| Last First-class | India v New Zealand at Kanpur, Sep 22-26, 2016 scorecard |
| List A debut | Northern Districts v Otago at Mount Maunganui, Mar 13, 2013 scorecard |
| Last List A | Canterbury v Otago at Christchurch, Jan 27, 2016 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Otago v Canterbury at Dunedin, Feb 4, 2009 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Otago v Northern Districts at Hamilton, Jan 18, 2014 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/59, 2, 1/80, 1 | New Zealand | v India | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 | Test # 2221 |
| 33*, 1/82, 2* | N Zealanders | v Mumbai | Delhi | 16 Sep 2016 | Other |
| 0/9, 1*, 0/37 | N Zealanders | v Zimbabwe A | Harare | 22 Jul 2016 | Other |
| 0/18, 8, 0* | Otago | v Auckland | Dunedin | 15 Mar 2016 | FC |
| 9, 4/40, 3/152 | Otago | v Canterbury | Invercargill | 8 Mar 2016 | FC |
| 41*, 2/153, 33* | New Zealand | v Australia | Wellington | 12 Feb 2016 | Test # 2201 |
| 1/30, 3, 5/79, 23 | Otago | v Wellington | Queenstown | 5 Feb 2016 | FC |
| 0/15 | Otago | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 27 Jan 2016 | LA |
| 4, 1/30 | Otago | v Auckland | Invercargill | 23 Jan 2016 | LA |
| 2, 1/29 | Otago | v Wellington | Invercargill | 20 Jan 2016 | LA |
An offspinner whose cricket career was initially blighted by chronic fatigue syndrome, Mark Craig was a surprise inclusion for New Zealand's Test tour of the West Indies in 2014 when Daniel Vettori and Jeetan Patel were both unavailable. However, he justified that inclusion immediately, taking 8 for 188 in his debut Test, in Jamaica, and spinning New Zealand to only their second Test win in the Caribbean. His figures were the best by a New Zealand bowler on debut, and he became only the third player from the country - after Stephen Fleming and Mathew Sinclair - to win a Man-of-the-Match award on Test debut.
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- Craig out of Test series due to side strain, Patel named replacement (Sep 26, 2016)
- Straight balls part of Craig's spin roster for India (Sep 14, 2016)
- Ronchi among back-up opening options in India - Hesson (Sep 11, 2016)
- Beamer fractures Mark Craig's hand (Mar 18, 2016)
- Second-innings wickets will be 'tougher to get' - Hazlewood (Feb 12, 2016)
Sep 25, 2016
Mark Craig is congratulated after dismissing Virat Kohli
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Sep 24, 2016
Kane Williamson's captaincy was tested on the third afternoon
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Sep 22, 2016
Mark Craig bowled a probing spell before lunch
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Pakistan won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) (D/L method)
