Full Name

Mervyn Dillon

Born

June 05, 1974, Mission Village, Toco, Trinidad

Age

49y 288d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

Mervyn Dillon has long been labelled as the natural successor to Courtney Walsh. His action has a hint of the same well-oiled efficiency, and he takes a high percentage of wickets with the ball that angles in then just holds its own. But Dillon has neither the deceptive pace of the young Walsh nor the matchless craft of the later model. He remains an adequate stock bowler who, in another era, would hardly qualify for the new ball. Nevertheless, he did everything that was asked of him during West Indies' series victory over India in 2001-02, leading the attack with a rarely-witnessed passion, and bowling his side to victory at Bridgetown and Kingston. His bowling fell away after that, and the emergence of a number of younger, quicker bowlers meant that Dillon's place was no longer secure. He was left out after the series in South Africa in 2003-04, but made it into the Champions Trophy squad, and took a career-best 5 for 29 against Bangladesh at the Rose Bowl, although injury ruled him out of the rest of the tournament.
Simon Briggs (September 2004)

Mervyn Dillon Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3866870443981315/718/12333.573.0366.4720
ODIs108107548042181305/295/2932.444.6142.1330
FC91-1700185002916/40-29.202.9958.4-70
List A161-791857131885/295/2930.384.3242.1630
T20s8712613663/303/3022.666.4721.0000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests38683549438.44138139.7500767160
ODIs108512022721*7.3241155.2300113200
FC91143161049528.25--01--350
List A1618329459418.50--00--350
T20s82198*9.009100.00001030
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Recent Matches of Mervyn Dillon

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Trinidad & T vs Jamaica17 & 13/57 & 0/1024-Apr-2008KingstonFC
Trinidad & T vs Barbados10/1922-Feb-2008CoolidgeT20
Trinidad & T vs St Vi & Gren--1/1713-Feb-2008CoolidgeT20
Trinidad & T vs St Lucia--0/1602-Feb-2008CoolidgeT20
ICL Mumbai vs ICL Hyd--0/3215-Dec-2007PanchkulaOTHERT20

Photos of Mervyn Dillon

Inzamam-ul-Haq bludgeons a Mervyn Dillon delivery
Brian Lara and Mervyn Dillon of the ICL Mumbai Champs address the media
Merv Dillon bowls in the nets
Mervyn Dillon has a bowl during practice
Merv Dillon portrait
Merv Dillon grabs another wicket on his to 5 for 29