jason gillespie Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
jason gillespie is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Jason Neil Gillespie
Born
April 19, 1975, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Age
48 years old
Nicknames
Dizzy
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Height
1.95 m
Education
Cabra College, Adelaide
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 71 | 97 | 1 | - |
Inn | 93 | 39 | 1 | - |
Runs | 1218 | 289 | 24 | - |
Avg | 18.74 | 12.57 | 24.0 | - |
SR | 31.97 | 78.53 | 133.33 | - |
HS | 201 | 44 | 24 | - |
NO | 28 | 16 | 0 | - |
100s | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
4s | 146 | 16 | 4 | - |
6s | 8 | 6 | 0 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 71 | 97 | 1 | - |
Inn | 137 | 96 | 1 | - |
Balls | 14234 | 5144 | 24 | - |
Runs | 6770 | 3611 | 49 | - |
Wkt | 259 | 142 | 1 | - |
BBI | 37 / 7 | 22 / 5 | 49 / 1 | - |
BBM | 80 / 9 | 22 / 5 | 49 / 1 | - |
Eco | 2.85 | 4.21 | 12.25 | - |
Avg | 26.14 | 25.43 | 49.0 | - |
5W | 8 | 3 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Ahmedabad Rockets
- Glamorgan
- South Australia
- Yorkshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Gillespie burst into the international scene as one of the quickest bowlers going around in the Australian domestic circuit. His booming pace and aggression coupled with his stamina ensured that he got most things right as a fast bowler. However, from his international debut in 1996 till the 2001-2002 season, his story was more about injuries than on-field achievements. It wasn't a secret that he had a fragile body that coped with most of the probable injuries that you would associate with a cricketer. Nevertheless, super strong domestic performances kept coming and it ensured that Gillespie was always in the reckoning as far as Australia's pace stocks were concerned. Since 2001-02, a shortened run up helped him reduce injuries considerably and finally, his work on the field spoke loudly.
Over the next few years, Gillespie formed a lethal new ball combination with McGrath. You would never really see Dizzy run through a line-up or dominate an opposition as such because of the extravagant movement he would get off the pitch at times. The pundits at times felt that he got too much bite off the surface and as a result, produced more plays-and-misses than edges. You could term Gillespie a tad unlucky in many of his spells but yet, he had superb numbers in both formats of the game. Apart from being a destructive quick bowler, he was also a very stubborn batsman who had a very strong defensive game. Gillespie played the nightwatchman role many a time to perfection and one of those efforts resulted in a heroic double century as well.
Gillespie's career ended surprisingly after just one poor season in 2005-06. What's more surprising is the fact that he was Man of the Series in his last assignment in Bangladesh. That was when the marathon double century also came and he had also picked up a lot of wickets as well. However, that call up had come primarily due to McGrath's absence and with him returning, Gillespie had to be dropped. He didn't expect that he had played his last game for Australia and hence, toiled hard in the domestic circuit and even went to play the rebel Indian Cricket League. After a while, he realized that there was no comeback and retired in 2008. His coaching stints, particularly with Yorkshire and the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL have been particularly noteworthy. Gillespie is expected to coach Australia some day.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Jason Gillespie's bouncing mullet, hook nose and Spofforth-like glare were a pleasing constant in Australian pace attacks during the first half of the 2000s. It was a rare treat for Gillespie, who 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 until being dropped during the 2005 Ashes he had 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 was 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 has elicited so many plays-and-misses. It explains, perhaps, along with his slightly samey length, why Gillespie 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. Operating from a shorter reconfigured run-up, he is not so consistently quick and in England Michael Vaughan treated Australia's fifth most successful bowler like a medium-pacer.
However, few Australian fast men 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 - and he showed the trait again when he promised to return to the national team and memorably achieved his aim against Bangladesh. He collected eight wickets in the two-match series, taking his Test tally to 259 while McGrath, Kasprowicz and Tait were missing, but his unforgettable moment came over 574 minutes and 425 balls. His maiden century was a magnificent, unbeaten 201 that was easily the highest score by a nightwatchman.
He is popular with team-mates and bashful with the public. He watches wrestling, listens to heavy metal and celebrated his first Test fifty with a bat ride embellished from the movie Happy Gilmore. He was more restrained while clocking off unthinkable milestones at Chittagong and it was appropriate recognition for a hardy and valuable batting approach that has also produced two unbeaten half-centuries and a priceless 26, which sealed a hard-fought draw against India in 2004-05. A second first-class century came in 2007 at Yorkshire shortly before he retained his Cricket Australia contract. Throughout the previous home season he was certain he wouldn't be rewarded, but his 30 Pura Cup wickets at 28.43 helped him to sneak into the squad as experienced back-up, ending the idea of him moving states. With no chance of a recall, he announced his retirement from first-class cricket during the 2007-08 season and signed a three-year contract with the unofficial Indian Cricket League.
The great-grandson of a Kamilaroi warrior, Gillespie occupies a significant niche in Australian history as the first acknowledged Aboriginal Test cricketer.
Cricinfo staff February 2008