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Full name Alexander Graeme Cremer
Born September 19, 1986, Harare
Current age 18 years 298 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Under-19s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 4 8 0 17 12 2.12 132 12.87 0 0 0 0 2 0
First-class 17 29 6 162 26* 7.04 0 0 11 0
List A 4 3 1 3 2 1.50 17 17.64 0 0 0 0 0 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 4 594 371 12 3/86 4/93 30.91 3.74 49.50 0 0 0
First-class 17 2684 1721 56 6/147 30.73 3.84 47.92 2 2 0
List A 4 174 149 3 1/40 1/40 49.66 5.13 58.00 0 0 0
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Test debut Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong - Jan 6-10, 2005
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Last Test South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion - Mar 11-13, 2005
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First-class span 2004 - 2005
List A span 2004/05
Graeme Cremer has chosen the hardest form of the
game to master but his leg-spin has shown enough promise to get him
into the Zimbabwe side at 18 years old, after just six first-class
matches. But that probably has more to do with the exit of Paul
Strang, Andy Whittall and Ray Price from the international scene
than any thought that Cremer is the next wrist-spin genius. However,
it still takes some guts for a youngster to stand-up at Test level
and his debut series against Bangladesh provided a glimpse that he
may have some talent. He claimed six wickets in the two tests but
his next experience, against South Africa, was a much sterner
challenge and was viciously dealt with by Graeme Smith, AB de
Villers and Jacques Kallis. He was on a hiding to nothing but such
was the ferocity of the assault you felt for his state of mind. To
his credit he claimed three wickets but he could suffer more painful
figures in the future
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