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Mark Gillespie

Personal information
Full name	Mark Raymond Gillespie
Born	(1979-10-17) 17 October 1979 (age 45) Wanganui, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2006–2012)
Test debut (cap 235)	16 November 2007 v South Africa
Last Test	23 March 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 145)	28 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	13 January 2009 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 20)	22 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	13 June 2008 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00–2014/15	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 32 94 123 Runs scored 76 93 1,688 485 Batting average 10.85 15.50 17.05 10.77 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/6 0/0 Top score 28 28 81* 31 Balls bowled 868 1,521 19,051 6,109 Wickets 22 37 385 196 Bowling average 28.68 37.00 27.97 27.22 5 wickets in innings 3 0 19 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 6/113 4/58 6/38 6/38 Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/– 24/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2019

Mark Raymond Gillespie (born 17 October 1979) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He came to the selectors attention in the 2005–06 season with 43 wickets at 23.16 for Wellington. He then played for New Zealand A in the Top-End series of 2006 before being included in New Zealand's squad of 14 for the Champions Trophy.

International career

Gillespie has taken Twenty20 Internationals with 4/7 during New Zealand's 9 wicket win over Kenya in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.

On his Test Match debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against South Africa at Centurion in 2007.

References

1. "Records – Twenty20 Internationals – Best figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
2. "2nd Test: South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion, Nov 16-18, 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

External links

• Mark Gillespie at ESPNcricinfo
• Mark Gillespie at New Zealand Cricket Players Association

New Zealand Squads
v t e New Zealand squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup semi-finalists 3 Taylor 7 Fleming (c) 10 McMillan 11 Vettori 14 Tuffey 17 Gillespie 24 Oram 27 Bond 32 Martin 34 Marshall 39 Patel 40 Vincent 42 McCullum 45 Mason 50 Fulton 56 Styris 70 Franklin Coach: Bracewell Tuffey and Vincent were injured during the tournament and replaced in the squad by Martin and Marshall respectively.

• 1979 births
• Living people
• Wellington cricketers
• New Zealand Test cricketers
• New Zealand One Day International cricketers
• New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers
• New Zealand cricketers
• Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup
• Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut
• People educated at Tawa College