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Full name Stuart Ross Gillespie
Born March 2, 1957, Wanganui
Current age 51 years 180 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Northern Districts,Northumberland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
1
1
0
28
28
28.00
81
34.56
0
0
2
0
0
0
ODIs
19
11
5
70
18*
11.66
106
66.03
0
0
4
1
7
0
First-class
36
48
8
599
73
14.97
0
3
18
0
List A
61
42
12
325
25
10.83
0
0
19
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
1
1
162
79
1
1/79
1/79
79.00
2.92
162.0
0
0
0
ODIs
19
19
963
736
23
4/30
4/30
32.00
4.58
41.8
1
0
0
First-class
36
6283
2689
99
5/30
27.16
2.56
63.4
0
3
0
List A
61
3104
1983
77
4/30
4/30
25.75
3.83
40.3
2
0
0
Career statistics
Only Test
New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Feb 21-25, 1986 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v New Zealand at Brisbane, Jan 11, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Jan 20, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1979/80 - 1988/89
List A span
1979/80 - 1988/89
Profile
Stu Gillespie was a journeyman medium-pace bowler and tailend batsman whose international call-up came relatively late in what had been an ordinary career. His first season in 1979-80 was his best - he took 45 wickets at 22.17 - but after four years with Northern Districts he moved to Auckland, primarily as a one-day specialist - with moderate success. If his call-up for the 1985-86 Benson & Hedges series in Australia was a surprise - he performed admirably taking 13 wickets at 20.38 - his selection for the first Test against Australia at Wellington later that summer was amazing as Gillespie had played only two first-class games in the previous two years, and done nothing remarkable in either. He took 1 for 79 without ever looking to have anything special and was discarded. He retained his one-day place for two more series but retired soon after losing his place. Martin Williamson
