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Graeme Cremer
Zimbabwe
Player profile
Full name Alexander Graeme Cremer
Born September 19, 1986, Harare
Current age 21 years 310 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Northerns (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe A, Zimbabwe Board XI, Zimbabwe Select XI, Zimbabwe Under-19s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Batting and fielding averages
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Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
6 |
12 |
1 |
29 |
12 |
2.63 |
194 |
14.94 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| First-class |
40 |
70 |
13 |
828 |
171* |
14.52 |
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1 |
0 |
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32 |
0 |
| List A |
24 |
20 |
6 |
363 |
54* |
25.92 |
441 |
82.31 |
0 |
1 |
42 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
9 |
5.00 |
26 |
57.69 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Bowling averages
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Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
6 |
7 |
870 |
595 |
13 |
3/86 |
4/93 |
45.76 |
4.10 |
66.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
40 |
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6944 |
3901 |
139 |
7/114 |
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28.06 |
3.37 |
49.9 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
| List A |
24 |
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1214 |
835 |
36 |
4/24 |
4/24 |
23.19 |
4.12 |
33.7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
5 |
5 |
87 |
77 |
2 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
38.50 |
5.31 |
43.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong (MAA), Jan 6-10, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Aug 15-17, 2005 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| First-class debut |
2004 |
| Last First-class |
Centrals v Northerns (Zimbabwe) at Kwekwe, May 10-13, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
2004/05 |
| Last List A |
Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Easterns (Zimbabwe) at Harare, Jun 2, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Southerns at Harare, Mar 19, 2008 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Cape Cobras v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Apr 9, 2008 scorecard |
Graeme Cremer has chosen the hardest form of the game to master but his legspin has shown enough promise to get him into the Zimbabwe side at 18 years old, after just six first-class matches. But that probably has more to do with the exit of Paul Strang, Andy Whittall and Ray Price from the international scene than any thought that Cremer is the next wrist-spin genius. However, it still takes some guts for a youngster to stand-up at Test level and his debut series against Bangladesh provided a glimpse that he may have some talent. He claimed six wickets in the two Tests but his next experience, against South Africa, was a much sterner challenge and was viciously dealt with by Graeme Smith, AB de Villers and Jacques Kallis. He was on a hiding to nothing but such was the ferocity of the assault you felt for his state of mind. To his credit he claimed three wickets but he could suffer more painful figures in the future if Zimbabwe are given another chance. In 2006-07 he scored 171 in the Logan Cup but missed most of the season, and then blotted his copybook by failing to honour a contract to play in England.
Andrew McGlashan June 2007
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Graeme Cremer in the nets
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Graeme Cremer batting against Pakistan A
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