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Full name Devon Eugene Malcolm
Born February 22, 1963, Kingston, Jamaica
Current age 45 years 85 days
Major teams England,Derbyshire,Leicestershire,Northamptonshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
40
58
19
236
29
6.05
515
45.82
0
0
31
7
7
0
ODIs
10
5
2
9
4
3.00
11
81.81
0
0
1
0
1
0
First-class
304
366
113
1985
51
7.84
0
2
45
0
List A
185
82
22
313
42
5.21
0
0
21
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
40
72
8480
4748
128
9/57
10/137
37.09
3.35
66.2
7
5
2
ODIs
10
10
526
404
16
3/40
3/40
25.25
4.60
32.8
0
0
0
First-class
304
53284
31973
1054
9/57
30.33
3.60
50.5
46
9
List A
185
8982
6876
249
7/35
7/35
27.61
4.59
36.0
7
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Nottingham, Aug 10-14, 1989 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 21-23, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v New Zealand at The Oval, May 25, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Feb 16, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984 - 2003
List A span
1986 - 2002
Profile
Wisden overview Devon Malcolm was all about raw pace. When England went to the Caribbean in 1989-90 promising to fight fire with fire, he was most of the ammunition, angling the ball in at high speed and occasionally swinging it away. And after he was hit on the helmet at The Oval in 1994 he responded by reducing South Africa to shell-shocked wrecks. But that was about as good as his international career got. His control - and confidence - was apt to go awol, and since his infamous spat with Ray Illingworth at Cape Town in 1995-96, his cricket has been limited mainly to the East Midlands, with Derbyshire, Northants and finally Leicestershire, whom he joined at the venerable age of 37. When he finally announced his retirement three seasons later, he was still bowling as quickly as any man on the circuit. His batting and fielding were court-jester standard - which is part of the reason for his cult status around the world. Lawrence Booth
