Stu Gillespie

Stuart Ross Gillespie (born 2 March 1957) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test match and 19 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team in the 1980s.^[1]

Stu Gillespie

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Ross Gillespie
Born	(1957-03-02) 2 March 1957 (age 68) Wanganui, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	New Zealand (1985–1988)
Only Test (cap 157)	21 February 1986 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 52)	11 January 1986 v India
Last ODI	20 January 1988 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1979/80–1982/83	Northern Districts
1981–1987	Northumberland
1984/85–1988/89	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 19 36 61 Runs scored 28 70 599 325 Batting average 28.00 11.66 14.97 10.83 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/3 0/9 Top score 28 18* 73 25 Balls bowled 162 963 6,283 1,983 Wickets 1 23 99 77 Bowling average 79.00 32.00 27.16 25.75 5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/79 4/30 5/30 4/30 Catches/stumpings 0/– 7/– 18/– 19/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2017

Cricket career

Gillespie was a specialist seam bowler. He took 13 wickets in the 1985–86 One Day International World Series Cup in Australia.^[2] The New Zealand team's manager, Glenn Turner, praised his contribution, saying Gillespie "gave everything he had" and "did all that was asked of him".^[3]

Later that season, in New Zealand, Gillespie was selected for First Test against Australia, although he had only played two first class games in the preceding two seasons. He took one wicket and made 28 in his only Test innings, batting as nightwatchman.^[4] It was his only Test match. He took three wickets at a bowling average just above 60 in the one-day home series that followed. He missed the 1987 World Cup, but returned for the World Series Cup following the tournament, where he played all eight group stage matches and took seven wickets before he was replaced by Richard Hadlee for the final series.

Gillespie's best first-class bowling figures were 5 for 30 (match figures of 38–14–69–8) against Auckland in 1979–80,^[5] his first season, when he took 45 first-class wickets at an average of 22.17.^[6] His best List A figures were 4 for 30 for New Zealand against India at the Adelaide Oval in January 1986.^[7]

Gillespie later served as coach of Wanganui and as chairman of Cricket Wanganui.^[8]