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Full name Jason Neil Gillespie
Born April 19, 1975, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 30 years 85 days
Major teams Australia, South Australia
Nickname Dizzy
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Education Cabra College, Adelaide
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 66 84 26 940 54* 16.20 3061 30.70 0 2 113 5 24 0
ODIs 97 39 16 289 44* 12.56 368 78.53 0 0 16 6 10 0
Twenty-20 Int. 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 18 133.33 0 0 0 0
First-class 113 146 37 1667 58 15.29 0 5 45 0
List A 129 55 24 372 44* 12.00 558 66.66 0 0 12 0
Twenty-20 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 18 133.33 0 0 0 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 66 13574 6380 248 7/37 9/80 25.72 2.82 54.73 8 8 0
ODIs 97 5144 3611 142 5/22 5/22 25.42 4.21 36.22 3 3 0
Twenty-20 Int. 1 24 49 1 1/49 1/49 49.00 12.25 24.00 0 0 0
First-class 113 21994 10340 417 8/50 24.79 2.82 52.74 15 1
List A 129 6948 4786 191 5/22 5/22 25.05 4.13 36.37 6 3 0
Twenty-20 1 24 49 1 1/49 1/49 49.00 12.25 24.00 0 0 0
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Test debut Australia v West Indies at Sydney - Nov 29-Dec 3, 1996
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Last Test New Zealand v Australia at Auckland - Mar 26-29, 2005
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ODI debut Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS) - Aug 30, 1996
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Last ODI England v Australia at The Oval - Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
Only Twenty-20 Int. England v Australia at Southampton - Jun 13,
2005 scorecard
First-class span 1994/95 - 2004/05
List A span 1994/95 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2005
Notes : Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2002
Jason Gillespie's bouncing mullet, hook nose and
Spofforth-like glare have been a pleasing constant in Australia's
recent pace attacks. It is a rare treat for Gillespie, who himself
played only 52 of a possible 92 Tests after his 1996-97 debut thanks
to an assortment of ailments: busted feet, stress fractures in the
back, hip twinges, side-strains, dicky shoulders, torn calves,
aching hamstrings, groin complaints and a broken right leg. Each
time he recovered and Australia's newest ironman has missed only two
Tests since November 2002. Through it all, in partnership with Glenn
McGrath, he blossomed into one half of Australia's most
statistically successful opening pair ever. But if McGrath's
strength is his ability to make the ball do just enough, then
Gillespie's flaw is his tendency for it to do too much. No other
contemporary fast man elicits so many plays-and-misses. It explains,
perhaps, along with his slightly samey length, why Gillespie has
never quite imposed himself as Australia's No. 1 strike bowler. Nor
has he truly dominated an opposition line-up; remarkably, the most
wickets he has taken in a single series is 20. But as he approached
30, Gillespie had never bowled better. He operates from a shorter
reconfigured run-up these days and is not so consistently quick. Few
Australian bowlers, though, can have owned such deep wells of
tenacity. Gillespie bowls long spells in the hottest conditions -
always uncomplainingly, and always with the seam upright and the
ball jagging both ways. He is popular with team-mates, bashful with
the public, and occasionally more than monosyllabic with
interviewers. He watches wrestling, listens to heavy metal and
celebrated his maiden Test fifty with a bat ride embellished from
the movie Happy Gilmore. His batting is hardy and improving, with
two unbeaten half-centuries and a priceless 26 against India at
Chennai confirming the rise. The great-grandson of a Kamilaroi
warrior, Gillespie occupies a significant niche in Australian
history as the first acknowledged Aboriginal Test cricketer
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