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Full name Craig John McDermott
Born April 14, 1965, Raceview, Ipswich, Queensland
Current age 44 years 209 days
Major teams Australia, Queensland
Also known as Billy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height 1.91 m
Relation Son - AC McDermott
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 71 | 90 | 13 | 940 | 42* | 12.20 | 1716 | 54.77 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| ODIs | 138 | 78 | 17 | 432 | 37 | 7.08 | 492 | 87.80 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 27 | 0 |
| First-class | 174 | 210 | 35 | 2856 | 74 | 16.32 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 176 | 97 | 23 | 594 | 41 | 8.02 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 71 | 124 | 16586 | 8332 | 291 | 8/97 | 11/157 | 28.63 | 3.01 | 56.9 | 17 | 14 | 2 |
| ODIs | 138 | 138 | 7461 | 5018 | 203 | 5/44 | 5/44 | 24.71 | 4.03 | 36.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 174 | 36785 | 19025 | 677 | 8/44 | 28.10 | 3.10 | 54.3 | 37 | 4 | |||
| List A | 176 | 9416 | 6212 | 254 | 5/44 | 5/44 | 24.45 | 3.95 | 37.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Test debut | Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 22-27, 1984 scorecard |
| Last Test | Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Jan 25-29, 1996 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 6, 1985 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Australia v Kenya at Visakhapatnam, Feb 23, 1996 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1983/84 - 1995/96 |
| List A span | 1983/84 - 1995/96 |
After bursting onto the scene as a 19-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 become Australia's leading wicket-taker for a time, establishing 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.
Greg Baum
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1986
- Former Test stars produce talented offspring (Sep 9, 2008)
- Billy's kid swings into Queensland contract (Apr 25, 2008)
- Unlucky streaks and sponsored welcomes (Mar 10, 2008)
- Oh, Shoaib, not again (Sep 10, 2007)
- McDermott owes money to collapsed firm (Jul 12, 2007)
Mar 7, 2007
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Craig McDermott
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