Mervyn Dillon
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Full name | Mervyn Dillon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toco, Trinidad and Tobago | 5 June 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 14 March 1997 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 January 2004 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut | 3 November 1997 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 26 January 2005 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996–2008 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 October 2010 |
Mervyn Dillon (born 5 June 1974), is a former West Indian cricketer who featured as a fast bowler. He emerged at the twilight of both Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose's careers. Dillon soon became the Windies' new bowling spearhead, picking up a sum of 131 wickets in 38 test matches and 130 wickets from 108 one day internationals.[1] Dillon was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
International career
Dillon was born in
He was involved in a remarkable incident at
During the Windies' 2002 five test match series against India, one Dillon's bouncers went on to break the jaw of spinner Anil Kumble. He went on to pick up 23 wickets at an average of 27.21 in that said series.[5]
In October 2007, Dillon signed up as an overseas player for the Indian Cricket League.[6]
Coaching career
In January 2022 Dillon was appointed head coach of
References
- ^ Shashi. "Exclusive Interview with former West Indian Pacer Mervyn Dillon". sportzwiki.com. Sportzwiki.
- ^ Briggs, Simon (September 2004). "Mervyn Dillon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ISBN 0-670-04198-X.
- ^ Hughes, Matt (21 November 2001). "Windies lose two bowlers but last the course". theguardian.com. The Guardian.
- ^ Sharma, Aadya (4 August 2016). "Interview with Mervyn Dillon: "If a fast bowler said he never wanted to hurt the batsman, he would be lying"". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda.
- Times of India. 13 October 2007.
- ^ Ramphal, Vidia (18 January 2022). "Mervyn Dillon is Sylhet Sunrisers head coach". tt.loopnews.com. Loop TT.