Phillip DeFreitas

Phillip DeFreitas

Personal information
Full name	Phillip Anthony Jason DeFreitas
Born	(1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 (age 58) Scotts Head, Dominica
Nickname	Daffy
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 522)	14 November 1986 v Australia
Last Test	11 June 1995 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 91)	1 January 1987 v Australia
Last ODI	24 May 1997 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1985–1988	Leicestershire
1988–1993	Lancashire
1993–1996	Boland
1994–1999	Derbyshire
2000–2005	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 44 103 372 479 Runs scored 934 690 10,991 5,181 Batting average 14.82 16.04 22.75 18.56 100s/50s 0/4 0/1 10/54 0/13 Top score 88 67 123* 90 Balls bowled 9,838 5,712 72,073 23,007 Wickets 140 115 1,248 539 Bowling average 33.57 32.82 27.89 27.92 5 wickets in innings 4 0 61 7 10 wickets in match 0 0 6 0 Best bowling 7/70 4/35 7/21 5/13 Catches/stumpings 14/– 26/– 127/– 101/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  England ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 1987 India and Pakistan Runner-up 1992 Australia and New Zealand
Source: Cricinfo, 20 August 2009

Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966)^[1] is an English former cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in 44 Test matches and 103 ODIs. Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted that "DeFreitas was an explosive hitter when the mood took him, an aggressive pace bowler, inclined to pitch everything short and a spectacular fielder".^[1] He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1987 Cricket World Cup and as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

DeFreitas is the only player in the history of the County Championship to take a five-wicket haul against each of the 18 first-class counties.^[2]