Full name Mark Donald Craig
Born March 23, 1987, Auckland
Current age 33 years 311 days
Major teams New Zealand, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire 2nd XI, Otago, Otago A
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 15 | 25 | 9 | 589 | 67 | 36.81 | 1083 | 54.38 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
First-class | 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 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 15 | 29 | 3669 | 2326 | 50 | 7/94 | 10/203 | 46.52 | 3.80 | 73.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
First-class | 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 |
Test debut | West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, Jun 8-11, 2014 scorecard |
Last Test | India v New Zealand at Kanpur, Sep 22-26, 2016 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class debut | Central Districts v Otago at Napier, Feb 24-27, 2011 scorecard |
Last First-class | Northern Districts v Otago at Mount Maunganui, Oct 10-12, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Northern Districts v Otago at Mount Maunganui, Mar 13, 2013 scorecard |
Last List A | Wellington v Otago at Wellington, Oct 31, 2018 scorecard |
T20s debut | Otago v Canterbury at Dunedin, Feb 4, 2009 scorecard |
Last T20s | Otago v Auckland at Alexandra, Dec 28, 2017 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0/48, 3 | Otago | v Wellington | Wellington | 31 Oct 2018 | LA |
1/19 | Otago | v Northern Dis | Hamilton | 28 Oct 2018 | LA |
1/40, 6 | Otago | v Central D | Nelson | 24 Oct 2018 | LA |
21, 2/32, 4, 0/10 | Otago | v Northern Dis | Mount Maunganui | 10 Oct 2018 | FC |
9* | Otago | v Northern Dis | Whangarei | 17 Mar 2018 | FC |
4/42, 5, 0/74, 25 | Otago | v Wellington | Dunedin | 10 Mar 2018 | FC |
29, 4/43, 16, 1/68 | Otago | v Central D | Napier | 1 Mar 2018 | FC |
2/58, 22 | Otago | v Northern Dis | Dunedin | 7 Feb 2018 | LA |
14, 0/27 | Otago | v Wellington | Wellington | 31 Jan 2018 | LA |
2/51, 18 | NZ XI | v Pakistanis | Nelson | 3 Jan 2018 | LA |
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.