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Full name Mervyn Dillon
Born June 5, 1974, Mission Village, Toco, Trinidad
Current age 37 years 354 days
Major teams West Indies, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 38 | 68 | 3 | 549 | 43 | 8.44 | 1381 | 39.75 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| ODIs | 108 | 51 | 20 | 227 | 21* | 7.32 | 411 | 55.23 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| First-class | 91 | 143 | 16 | 1049 | 52 | 8.25 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 161 | 83 | 29 | 459 | 41 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8* | 9.00 | 9 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 38 | 66 | 8704 | 4398 | 131 | 5/71 | 8/123 | 33.57 | 3.03 | 66.4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| ODIs | 108 | 107 | 5480 | 4218 | 130 | 5/29 | 5/29 | 32.44 | 4.61 | 42.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| First-class | 91 | 17001 | 8500 | 291 | 6/40 | 29.20 | 2.99 | 58.4 | 7 | 0 | |||
| List A | 161 | 7918 | 5713 | 188 | 5/29 | 5/29 | 30.38 | 4.32 | 42.1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 8 | 7 | 126 | 136 | 6 | 3/30 | 3/30 | 22.66 | 6.47 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Mar 14-18, 1997 scorecard |
| Last Test | South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, Jan 16-20, 2004 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | South Africa v West Indies at Lahore, Nov 3, 1997 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Jan 26, 2005 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1996/97 |
| Last First-class | Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago at Kingston, Apr 24-26, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1996/97 |
| Last List A | Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago at Bridgetown, Oct 28, 2007 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Cayman Islands v Trinidad & Tobago at Coolidge, Jul 25, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago at Coolidge, Feb 22, 2008 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17, 3/57, 1, 0/10 | Trinidad & T | v Jamaica | Kingston | 24 Apr 2008 | First-class |
| 1, 0/19 | Trinidad & T | v Barbados | Coolidge | 22 Feb 2008 | Twenty20 |
| 1/17 | Trinidad & T | v St Vi & Gren | Coolidge | 13 Feb 2008 | Twenty20 |
| 0/16 | Trinidad & T | v St Lucia | Coolidge | 2 Feb 2008 | Twenty20 |
| 0/32 | ICL Mumbai | v ICL Hyd | Panchkula | 15 Dec 2007 | Other T20 |
| 0/46 | ICL Mumbai | v Chandigarh | Panchkula | 9 Dec 2007 | Other T20 |
| 0/25, 19* | ICL Mumbai | v Delhi Jets | Panchkula | 7 Dec 2007 | Other T20 |
| 1/31, 1 | ICL Mumbai | v Chennai | Panchkula | 3 Dec 2007 | Other T20 |
| 0/26, 0 | ICL Mumbai | v ICL Hyd | Panchkula | 1 Dec 2007 | Other T20 |
| 26*, 0/29 | ICL Mumbai | v Bengal | Mumbai | 25 Nov 2007 | Other T20 |
Mervyn Dillon has long been labelled as the natural successor to Courtney Walsh. His action has a hint of the same well-oiled efficiency, and he takes a high percentage of wickets with the ball that angles in then just holds its own. But Dillon has neither the deceptive pace of the young Walsh nor the matchless craft of the later model. He remains an adequate stock bowler who, in another era, would hardly qualify for the new ball. Nevertheless, he did everything that was asked of him during West Indies' series victory over India in 2001-02, leading the attack with a rarely-witnessed passion, and bowling his side to victory at Bridgetown and Kingston. His bowling fell away after that, and the emergence of a number of younger, quicker bowlers meant that Dillon's place was no longer secure. He was left out after the series in South Africa in 2003-04, but made it into the Champions Trophy squad, and took a career-best 5 for 29 against Bangladesh at the Rose Bowl, although injury ruled him out of the rest of the tournament.
Simon Briggs (September 2004)
- Trinidad and Tobago clinch berth in final (Feb 16, 2007)
- Pollard takes T & T to Stanford 20/20 final (Aug 12, 2006)
- More dangerous games (May 9, 2006)
- Stage set for grudge match at Guaracara (Apr 7, 2006)
- Ganga: T&T victory for the country (Feb 7, 2006)
Dec 1, 2007
Inzamam-ul-Haq bludgeons a Mervyn Dillon delivery
© ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Nov 25, 2007
Brian Lara and Mervyn Dillon of the ICL Mumbai Champs address the media
© AFP
Jan 25, 2005
Merv Dillon bowls in the nets
© Getty Images
Country Fixtures
Country Results
2nd Test: England v West Indies at Nottingham
May 25-29, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
May 25-29, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
Leics v West Indians at Leicester
Jun 2-3, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
Jun 2-3, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
1st unofficial Test: W. Indies A v India A at Bridgetown
Jun 2-5, 2012 (10:00 local | 14:00 GMT | 10:00 EDT | 09:00 CDT | 07:00 PDT)
Jun 2-5, 2012 (10:00 local | 14:00 GMT | 10:00 EDT | 09:00 CDT | 07:00 PDT)
3rd Test: England v West Indies at Birmingham
Jun 7-11, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
Jun 7-11, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
2nd unofficial Test: W. Indies A v India A at Kingstown
Jun 9-12, 2012 (10:00 local | 14:00 GMT | 10:00 EDT | 09:00 CDT | 07:00 PDT)
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