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| Full name | Douglas Anthony Marillier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1978 Salisbury, Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Anthony Marillier (father) Eian Marillier (brother) Stephan Marillier (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 47) | 26 December 2000 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 12 January 2002 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 60) | 30 September 2000 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 July 2003 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999/2000–2004/05 | Midlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009/10 | Mashonaland Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 August 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Douglas Anthony Marillier (born 24 June 1978), known as Dougie Marillier, is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played Test and One Day International cricket for the national side.[1]
He is a right-handed batsman known for his unorthodox technique and a right-arm offspin bowler. He is credited as being the inventor of the Marillier shot, in which the batsman extends the bat as a ramp in front of him and flicks the ball over his shoulder to fine leg.[2][3][4] He was well known for his cameo knocks in ODIs against Australia in 2001 and against India in 2002 playing the famous Marillier scoops in both of those matches. He also received the nickname "Bay City Roller" by his Zimbabwean teammates for his knocks in Perth and Faridabad.[5]
He has a one-day top score of 100, achieved in Sharjah against Kenya in April 2003 as an opener. He was one of the very few batsmen to have batted as an opener as well as batting at number 10 in ODI cricket.