craig mcdermott Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
craig mcdermott is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Craig John McDermott
Born
April 14, 1965, Raceview, Ipswich, Queensland
Age
58 years old
Also Known As
Billy
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Height
1.91 m
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 71 | 138 | - | - |
Inn | 90 | 78 | - | - |
Runs | 940 | 432 | - | - |
Avg | 12.21 | 7.08 | - | - |
SR | 54.78 | 87.8 | - | - |
HS | 42 | 37 | - | - |
NO | 13 | 17 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 90 | 36 | - | - |
6s | 6 | 8 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 71 | 138 | - | - |
Inn | 124 | 138 | - | - |
Balls | 16586 | 7461 | - | - |
Runs | 8332 | 5018 | - | - |
Wkt | 291 | 203 | - | - |
BBI | 97 / 8 | 44 / 5 | - | - |
BBM | 157 / 11 | 44 / 5 | - | - |
Eco | 3.01 | 4.04 | - | - |
Avg | 28.63 | 24.72 | - | - |
5W | 14 | 1 | - | - |
10W | 2 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- AC McDermott
- BR McDermott
- Australia
- Queensland
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
McDermott had a successful 1987 Reliance WC helping Australia secure their first ever crown. When in rhythm, McDermott was a treat to watch and like any Aussie reserved his best for arch rivals, England against whom he took 84 wickets in 17 tests. His best moment was at the WACA, Perth where he took 8/97 as England collapsed from 191/2 to 244 all-out helping Australia win the test and seal the Ashes at 3-0.
McDermott was a tenacious batsman as well and was capable of adding important runs later down the order.
Despite an injury raven career, McDermott finished his test career with 291 wickets in 71 matches which included 14 five wicket hauls and 2 ten-fers. He was placed just behind the great Dennis Lillee in the wickets stack pole until being overtaken by his successor, Glenn McGrath. A spate of injuries resulted in McDermott missing the Ashes in 1993, the historical and successful West Indian tour in 1995 and the World Cup, 1996. He called it a day after injury forced him out in the preliminary stages of the 1996 WC.
His son, Alister McDermott is a promising young cricketer with Queensland as well as the Brisbane Heat team. McDermott was named as the bowling coach of the Australian cricket team in May, 2011 and has been acclaimed for his role in the development of the next generation pacers.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
After bursting onto the scene as a 20-year-old in England in 1985, when he took 30 wickets in six Tests, Craig McDermott had a stop-start, injury-ravaged career (which included a twisted bowel and a broken ankle) but fought back to establish himself as Australia's premier strike bowler in the early 1990s. McDermott was not as fiery as his red hair suggested, nor did he capture the public imagination in the manner of Dennis Lillee or Shane Warne, but he was a textbook outswing bowler with a classic side-on action who could run through any batting order on his day. He was also a thumping batsman in his youth. Like all self-respecting Aussies, he saved his best for England, with 84 wickets in 17 Tests, including two eight-fors and eight of his 14 five-fors. His best performance was probably at Perth in 1990-91, when he took 8 for 97 as England collapsed from 191 for 2 to 244 all out. Injuries hit McDermott again towards the end of his career: he missed the best part of the 1993 Ashes tour, as well as the famous victory in the Caribbean in 1994-95 and the World Cup a year later.
After his playing days, McDermott returned to cricket in a coaching capacity, but not before enduring tough times off the field, as the failure of his real-estate business caused him to sell his home and declare bankruptcy. McDermott returned to cricket in late 2009, in a part-time capacity with Australia's Centre of Excellence. There he worked with several young Australian fast bowlers, including James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, and was thus the best qualified to take over from Troy Cooley as Australia's bowling coach. McDermott took over that role in May 2011, and during his year charge the team, and especially their fast bowlers, achieved some fine results, including an utterly dominant performance in the home series against India. McDermott quit from his role as bowling coach in May 2012, citing the team's busy overseas schedule as the primary reason.
Greg Baum and ESPNcricinfo staff