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Full name Alexander Graeme Cremer
Born September 19, 1986, Harare
Current age 22 years 18 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
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
1
0
32
0
List A
24
20
6
363
54*
25.92
438
82.87
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
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
6944
3901
139
7/114
28.06
3.37
49.9
7
5
1
List A
24
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
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
Profile
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
