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Full name Ashley Fraser Giles
Born March 19, 1973, Chertsey, Surrey
Current age 32 years 116 days
Major teams England, Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 45 63 9 1123 52 20.79 2460 45.65 0 3 138 5 25 0
ODIs 62 35 13 385 41 17.50 551 69.87 0 0 24 4 22 0
First-class 168 229 42 4978 128* 26.62 3 21 72 0
List A 221 140 41 2083 107 21.04 1 5 72 0
Twenty-20 2 1 1 0 0* - 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 45 10278 4719 127 5/57 9/122 37.15 2.75 80.92 11 5 0
ODIs 62 2856 2069 55 5/57 5/57 37.61 4.34 51.92 0 1 0
First-class 168 35324 14816 520 8/90 28.49 2.51 67.93 26 3
List A 221 9555 6844 269 5/21 5/21 25.44 4.29 35.52 5 3 0
Twenty-20 2 42 34 2 2/21 2/21 17.00 4.85 21.00 0 0 0
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Test debut England v South Africa at Manchester - Jul 2-6, 1998
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Last Test South Africa v England at Centurion - Jan 21-25, 2005
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ODI debut England v Australia at The Oval - May 24, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI England v Australia at The Oval - Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
First-class span 1993 - 2005
List A span 1993 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2004
Notes : NBC Denis Compton Award 1996
NBC Denis Compton
Award 1997
Wisden Cricketer of
the Year 2005
With a high-trotting approach to the crease
climaxing in an energetic flurry of limbs, Giles does not have the
most fluent spin-bowling action - possibly because he began life as
a fast bowler. But he is accurate, finds some turn and even more
bounce, and he established himself as England's No. 1 slow bowler
during the triumphant tour of Pakistan in 2000-01. Until a
matchwinning nine-wicket haul at Lord's in 2004, Giles's most
memorable moments had all come on his three tours of the
subcontinent. The rip-snorting delivery that pitched outside leg and
fizzed past Inzamam-ul-Haq's dangling bat on to the stumps at
Karachi was the best piece of bowling by an England spinner since
Phil Tufnell teased the Aussies at The Oval in 1997, and paved the
way for a famous victory. The following winter, and nursing a
persistent Achilles injury, he hobbled back and forth from the
middle to the physio's ice bucket, while returning Test-best figures
of 5 for 67 at Ahmedabad. And, two years later, after remodelling
his action and enduring a dismal tour to Bangladesh, he burst back
to form in Sri Lanka, with 18 wickets in the series and a
magnificent matchsaving stand in the first Test at Galle. It was
just the latest of many impressive batting performances from a man
who had worked hard at his game to become a pivotal player in
England's lower order, and against New Zealand at Trent Bridge in
2004 his stand with Graham Thorpe was instrumental in England's
triumph. One month later at Lord's, he produced a wickedly ripping
delivery to bowl Brian Lara - his 100th wicket in Tests, weeks after
being virtually written off by the press. He ended the summer as a
key part of the side, taking 22 wickets at 23.13 against West
Indies. In the field he has a strong arm and is agile for a man of
his size
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