Mark Gillespie (New Zealand cricketer)

For the Irish cricketer, see Mark Gillespie (Irish cricketer).

Mark Raymond Gillespie (born 17 October 1979) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He came to the selectors attention in the 2005–06 season with 43 wickets at 23.16 for Wellington. He then played for New Zealand A in the Top-End series of 2006 before being included in New Zealand's squad of 14 for the Champions Trophy.

Mark Gillespie

Personal information
Full name	Mark Raymond Gillespie
Born	(1979-10-17) 17 October 1979 (age 45) Wanganui, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2006–2012)
Test debut (cap 235)	16 November 2007 v South Africa
Last Test	23 March 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 145)	28 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	13 January 2009 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 20)	22 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	13 June 2008 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00–2014/15	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 32 94 123 Runs scored 76 93 1,688 485 Batting average 10.85 15.50 17.05 10.77 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/6 0/0 Top score 28 28 81* 31 Balls bowled 868 1,521 19,051 6,109 Wickets 22 37 385 196 Bowling average 28.68 37.00 27.97 27.22 5 wickets in innings 3 0 19 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 6/113 4/58 6/38 6/38 Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/– 24/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2019

He had a successful domestic career for Wellington being crowned Wellington's cricketer of the year and Men's Outstanding Bowler in 2012.^[1]

International career

Gillespie has taken Twenty20 Internationals with 4/7 during New Zealand's 9 wicket win over Kenya in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.^[2]

On his Test Match debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against South Africa at Centurion in 2007.^[3]