Mark Craig

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.

Craig's call-up came after a Plunket Shield season in which he collected 22 wickets at 39.72 for Otago and also contributed 244 runs in the lower order. Craig had made his first-class debut in 2010-11 after initially making his name in the Twenty20 format for Otago, helping them to win the title in 2008-09.
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Mark Craig Career Stats

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	15	29	3669	2326	50	7/94	10/203	46.52	3.80	73.3	3	1	1
FC	60	105	11129	6359	151	7/94	10/203	42.11	3.42	73.7	7	5	1
List A	25	23	1102	931	21	3/6	3/6	44.33	5.06	52.4	0	0	0
T20s	19	19	282	405	7	3/29	3/29	57.85	8.61	40.2	0	0	0

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	15	25	9	589	67	36.81	1083	54.38	0	3	65	10	14
FC	60	90	15	1902	104	25.36	3625	52.46	1	8	231	27	53
List A	25	20	4	336	46	21.00	363	92.56	0	0	26	7	16
T20s	19	7	3	41	19	10.25	39	105.12	0	0	2	1	11

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Recent Matches of Mark Craig

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Otago vs Wellington	3	0/48	31-Oct-2018	Wellington	List A
Otago vs Northern Dis	--	1/19	28-Oct-2018	Hamilton	List A
Otago vs Central D	6	1/40	24-Oct-2018	Nelson	List A
Otago vs Northern Dis	21 & 4	2/32 & 0/10	10-Oct-2018	Mount Maunganui	FC
Otago vs Northern Dis	9*	--	17-Mar-2018	Whangarei	FC