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Full Name
Graham Roy Dilley
Born
May 18, 1959, Dartford, Kent
Died
October 05, 2011 (aged 52y 140d)
Nicknames
Dill, Picca
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Height
6ft 4in
Education
Dartford West Secondary School
RELATIONS
(son),
(brother-in-law)
Other
Coach
Tall, blond and seriously quick, Graham Dilley was plucked from Kent as a 20-year-old and taken to Australia in 1979-80 with the hope that he would become the next strike bowler for England. But though he played 41 Tests and in several of them lived up to his billing, his career meandered through loss of rhythm - his action was always a bit ugly and chest-on - and some thoroughly nasty injuries. He reached his peak in 1986 and 1987 when he was undisputed as England's spearhead, but it was his fate to be remembered more for supporting Ian Botham as a batter at Headingley in 1981, though he averaged under 20 with the ball in that series. Early in 1988 he took eight wickets against New Zealand in Christchurch and followed it with seven in Auckland; both games were drawn. And a few months on, he took career-best match figures of 9 for 128 against West Indies at Lord's, but England lost the match. After retirement, Dilley endured a period of well-publicised poverty, caused partly by his impulsive mid-career move from Kent to Worcestershire, which meant he never got a benefit. He returned to the cricket fold with a spell as bowling coach of the England Women's team, and was appointed assistant coach of the men's side for the tour of India in 2001-02. He died aged just 52 in 2011 following a short illness.
Graham Dilley Career Stats
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 41 | 65 | 8192 | 4107 | 138 | 6/38 | 9/128 | 29.76 | 3.00 | 59.3 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
ODIs | 36 | 36 | 2043 | 1291 | 48 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 26.89 | 3.79 | 42.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 234 | - | 34418 | 17395 | 648 | 7/63 | - | 26.84 | 3.03 | 53.1 | - | 34 | 3 |
List A | 207 | - | 10438 | 6397 | 279 | 5/29 | 5/29 | 22.92 | 3.67 | 37.4 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 41 | 58 | 19 | 521 | 56 | 13.35 | 1494 | 34.87 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
ODIs | 36 | 18 | 8 | 114 | 31* | 11.40 | 133 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FC | 234 | 252 | 93 | 2339 | 81 | 14.71 | - | - | 0 | 4 | - | - | 75 | 0 |
List A | 207 | 94 | 34 | 675 | 37* | 11.25 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 40 | 0 |
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Debut/Last Matches of Graham Dilley
Test Matches
ODI Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches
Recent Matches of Graham Dilley
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WORCS vs Derbyshire | -- | 0/33 | 21-Apr-1992 | Worcester | List A |
WORCS vs Oxford Uni | 39 | 0/23 | 17-Apr-1992 | Oxford | FC |
WORCS vs Lancashire | -- | 2/19 | 13-Jul-1991 | Lord's | List A |
WORCS vs Glamorgan | 7* | 1/35 | 11-Jul-1991 | Worcester | List A |
WORCS vs Bedfordshire | -- | 1/12 | 26-Jun-1991 | Bedford | List A |