Douglas Marillier
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| Full name | Douglas Anthony Marillier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April 24, 1978 Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe) |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 47) | 26–30 December 2000 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 12–15 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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| 1999-2005 | Midlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Mashonaland Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2006
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Douglas Anthony "Dougie" Marillier (born 24 June 1978) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer.
He is a right hand batsman known for his unorthodox technique and a right arm offspin bowler. One of earliest popularizers of the "scoop" stroke which is designed to sail over fine-leg, he has a one-day top score of 100, achieved in Sharjah against Kenya in April 2003. He is credited as 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. It is sometimes referred to as the Marillier.
Marillier was born in Salisbury (present-day Harare). His father was a policeman and played cricket for the Harare Police Club and the provincial team. Marillier first played cricket at North Park Primary School, and in his third year he started to play in the Colts side, with boys three years older than he was. His elder brother, Eian, played as a wicket-keeper in a few first-class matches in Zimbabwe and in the UK. Their younger brother, Stephan James Marillier, currently plays for Southern Rocks in Zimbabwean franchise cricket.
Marillier attended Eaglesvale High School in Harare and quickly became a key figure for the cricket team there. When he was 16, Marillier played for Mashonaland U19s for the first time. Unfortunately he was confined to a wheelchair for three months after breaking both legs in a car accident and his prospects of playing cricket again seemed grim. After recovering, he returned to playing cricket.
Marillier toured England with the Zimbabwe U19 team in 1996 and set a then world record partnership of 268 for the first wicket with his friend Mark Vermeulen When Marillier got back from that tour he started playing league cricket, and his good form there led to his selection for Zimbabwe B. He did not play for a while but when he did he played very well, hitting 108 against Border B. In 1998 he played for Kenilworth in England, hitting 1207 runs in 98, followed by 1218 in 1999.
Marillier applied for and was accepted by the CFX Academy in 1999 and the following year he was accepted into the Australian Cricket Academy. When he returned Marillier hit a hundred for the Academy against the New Zealanders in a one-day warm-up game, and this led to his selection for the full national side for the ODI series.
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