Mervyn Dillon

Mervyn Dillon
Personal information
Full name
Mervyn Dillon
Born (1974-06-05) 5 June 1974 (age 50)
Toco, Trinidad and Tobago
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut14 March 1997 v India
Last Test16 January 2004 v South Africa
ODI debut3 November 1997 v South Africa
Last ODI26 January 2005 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–2008Trinidad and Tobago
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 38 108 91 161
Runs scored 549 227 1,052 459
Batting average 8.44 7.32 8.28 8.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 43 21* 52 41
Balls bowled 8,704 5,480 17,001 7,918
Wickets 131 130 291 188
Bowling average 33.57 32.44 29.20 30.38
5 wickets in innings 2 3 7 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/71 5/29 6/40 5/29
Catches/stumpings 16/– 20/– 35/– 35/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  West Indies
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2004 England
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.

  1. ^ Shashi. "Exclusive Interview with former West Indian Pacer Mervyn Dillon". sportzwiki.com. Sportzwiki.