Full name Mark Raymond Gillespie
Born October 17, 1979, Wanganui
Current age 41 years 93 days
Major teams New Zealand, New Zealand A, New Zealand XI, Wellington
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 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 76 | 27 | 10.85 | 134 | 56.71 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs | 32 | 14 | 8 | 93 | 28 | 15.50 | 118 | 78.81 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
T20Is | 11 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 10.50 | 29 | 72.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 94 | 116 | 17 | 1688 | 81* | 17.05 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||||
List A | 123 | 69 | 24 | 485 | 31 | 10.77 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 20 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 14* | 6.57 | 55 | 83.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 5 | 8 | 868 | 631 | 22 | 6/113 | 6/142 | 28.68 | 4.36 | 39.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
ODIs | 32 | 31 | 1521 | 1369 | 37 | 4/58 | 4/58 | 37.00 | 5.40 | 41.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 11 | 10 | 210 | 255 | 10 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 25.50 | 7.28 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 94 | 19051 | 10769 | 385 | 6/38 | 27.97 | 3.39 | 49.4 | 19 | 2 | |||
List A | 123 | 6109 | 5336 | 196 | 6/38 | 6/38 | 27.22 | 5.24 | 31.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
T20s | 20 | 19 | 400 | 574 | 15 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 38.26 | 8.61 | 26.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion, Nov 16-18, 2007 scorecard |
Last Test | New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, Mar 23-27, 2012 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Dec 28, 2006 scorecard |
Last ODI | New Zealand v West Indies at Napier, Jan 13, 2009 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard |
Last T20I | England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 1999/00 |
Last First-class | Northern Districts v Wellington at Hamilton, Dec 18-20, 2014 scorecard |
List A debut | 2001/02 |
Last List A | Northern Districts v Wellington at Mount Maunganui, Jan 1, 2015 scorecard |
T20s debut | Wellington v Northern Districts at Wellington, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard |
Last T20s | Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, Nov 9, 2012 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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2/23, 0 | Wellington | v Northern D | Mount Maunganui | 1 Jan 2015 | LA |
1/69, 1 | Wellington | v Otago | Queenstown | 30 Dec 2014 | LA |
1/77, 22* | Wellington | v Auckland | Auckland | 27 Dec 2014 | LA |
1/47, 9, 2/41, 0 | Wellington | v Northern D | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2014 | FC |
16, 4/47, 2*, 0/35 | Wellington | v Auckland | Wellington | 11 Dec 2014 | FC |
1/54, 29, 3/80, 3 | Wellington | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 25 Oct 2014 | FC |
1/31, 0 | Wellington | v Scotland | Lincoln | 20 Oct 2014 | Other OD |
3/46 | Wellington | v Northern D | Mount Maunganui | 5 Apr 2014 | LA |
1/53 | Wellington | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 2 Apr 2014 | LA |
2/42 | Wellington | v Auckland | Auckland | 30 Mar 2014 | LA |
With a run-up reminiscent of Bob Willis or even Dennis Lillee - albeit without the pace of either - Gillespie shone in New Zealand domestic cricket as a specialist bowler at the death. In Wellington's 2005-06 season he took 43 wickets at 23.16. The promise he showed was nearly cut short in 2005 when he was struck below the eye, suffering multiple fractures and a smashed eye socket while batting against Canterbury.