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Full name Graham Roy Dilley
Born May 18, 1959, Dartford, Kent
Current age 49 years 197 days
Major teams England,Kent,Natal,Worcestershire
Nickname Dill, Picca
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Coach
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Dartford West Secondary School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
41
58
19
521
56
13.35
1494
34.87
0
2
63
0
10
0
ODIs
36
18
8
114
31*
11.40
133
85.71
0
0
11
0
4
0
First-class
234
252
93
2339
81
14.71
0
4
75
0
List A
207
94
34
675
37*
11.25
0
0
40
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
41
65
8192
4107
138
6/38
9/128
29.76
3.00
59.3
11
6
0
ODIs
36
36
2043
1291
48
4/23
4/23
26.89
3.79
42.5
3
0
0
First-class
234
34418
17395
648
7/63
26.84
3.03
53.1
34
3
List A
207
10438
6397
279
5/29
5/29
22.92
3.67
37.4
12
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Perth, Dec 14-19, 1979 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 6-11, 1989 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Sydney, Nov 28, 1979 scorecard
Last ODI
England v West Indies at Leeds, May 21, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1977 - 1992
List A span
1978 - 1992
Profile
Graham Dilley was plucked from Kent as a 20-year-old and taken to Australia in 1979-80 as the Great White Hope fast bowler. Tall, blond, good-looking and seriously quick, he had obvious star quality. But though he played 41 Tests and in several of them lived up to his billing, his career meandered through loss of rhythm - his action was always a bit ugly and chest-on - and some thoroughly nasty injuries. He reached his peak in 1986 and 1987 when he was undisputed as England's spearhead, but it was his fate to be remembered more for supporting Ian Botham as a batsman at Headingley 1981. After retirement, he endured a period of well-publicised poverty, caused partly by his impulsive mid-career move from Kent to Worcestershire, which meant he never got a benefit. He returned to the cricket fold with a spell as bowling coach to the England women's team, and was appointed assistant coach of the men's side for the tour of India in 2001-02. Matthew Engel
