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Full Name
Mark Donald Craig
Born
March 23, 1987, Auckland
Age
36y 256d
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Bowler
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 | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 15 | 25 | 9 | 589 | 67 | 36.81 | 1083 | 54.38 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| FC | 60 | 90 | 15 | 1902 | 104 | 25.36 | 3625 | 52.46 | 1 | 8 | 231 | 27 | 53 | 0 |
| List A | 25 | 20 | 4 | 336 | 46 | 21.00 | 363 | 92.56 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| T20s | 19 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 10.25 | 39 | 105.12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
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Debut/Last Matches of Mark Craig
Test Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches
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 |