Mervyn Dillon

Personal information

Full name

Mervyn Dillon

Born

5 June 1974 (age 42)
, Trinidad and Tobago

Height

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

International information

National side

West Indies

Test debut

14 March 1997 v India

Last Test

16 January 2004 v South Africa

ODI debut

3 November 1997 v South Africa

Last ODI

26 January 2005 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1996–2008

Trinidad 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/–

Source: Cricket Archive, 24 October 2010

Mervyn Dillon (born 5 June 1974 in Mission Village, , Trinidad and Tobago), is a West Indian cricketer. He has played 38 in Tests and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108 One Day Internationals from 1997–2004. At one stage, after the bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose retired from international cricket, Dillon was the spearhead of the West Indies bowling attack. Subsequently, Dillon was labelled by Simon Briggs as, "the natural successor to Courtney Walsh", noting that " his action has a hint of [Walsh's] well-oiled efficiency". According to Briggs, "he takes a high percentage of wickets with the ball that angles in then just holds its own".Steve Waugh labelled him "the West Indies' most notable underachiever...when he had his act together, [he] didn't lose much in comparison to his legendary predecessors [Ambrose and Walsh]...such days were a rarity."

He was involved in a remarkable over at Kandy's Asgiriya Stadium on 21 November 2001 in a test against Sri Lanka when he contracted abdominal pains and was replaced by Colin Stuart after two balls of his third over. Stuart was banned from bowling for the remainder of the innings by umpire John Hampshire after delivering two high, fast full-tosses (called as no-balls) in his first three balls. Chris Gayle completed the last three balls of the over with his off-breaks. It was the only instance in Test cricket history, when three bowlers were used in completing one over.

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