Full name Mark Donald Craig
Born March 23, 1987, Auckland
Current age 31 years 28 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 | 59 | 88 | 15 | 1877 | 104 | 25.71 | 3580 | 52.43 | 1 | 8 | 229 | 27 | 51 | 0 |
List A | 22 | 18 | 4 | 327 | 46 | 23.35 | 346 | 94.50 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
19 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 10.25 | 39 | 105.12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 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 | 59 | 103 | 11097 | 6317 | 149 | 7/94 | 10/203 | 42.39 | 3.41 | 74.4 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
List A | 22 | 20 | 940 | 824 | 19 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 43.36 | 5.25 | 49.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
19 | 19 | 282 | 405 | 7 | 3/29 | 3/29 | 57.85 | 8.61 | 40.2 | 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 | Northern Districts v Otago at Whangarei, Mar 17-20, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Northern Districts v Otago at Mount Maunganui, Mar 13, 2013 scorecard |
Last List A | Otago v Northern Districts at Dunedin, Feb 7, 2018 scorecard |
T20s debut | Otago v Canterbury at Dunedin, Feb 4, 2009 scorecard |
Last T20s | Otago v Auckland at Alexandra, Dec 28, 2017 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9* | Otago | v Northern D | Whangarei | 17 Mar 2018 | FC |
4/42, 5, 0/74, 25 | Otago | v Wellington | Dunedin | 10 Mar 2018 | FC |
29, 4/43, 16, 1/68 | Otago | v Central D | Napier | 1 Mar 2018 | FC |
2/58, 22 | Otago | v Northern D | Dunedin | 7 Feb 2018 | LA |
14, 0/27 | Otago | v Wellington | Wellington | 31 Jan 2018 | LA |
2/51, 18 | NZ XI | v Pakistanis | Nelson | 3 Jan 2018 | LA |
6*, 0/46 | Otago | v Auckland | Alexandra | 28 Dec 2017 | T20 |
19, 0/21 | Otago | v Canterbury | Alexandra | 26 Dec 2017 | T20 |
0/19, 1 | Otago | v Northern D | Hamilton | 23 Dec 2017 | T20 |
1/50 | NZ XI | v West Indians | Whangarei | 16 Dec 2017 | Other OD |
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.