Mervyn Dillon (born 5 June 1974), is a former

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er. He has played 38 in

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and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108

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s from 1997–2004. He has the unwanted record of most ducks ever in a calendar year by a test batsman. He signed on as an overseas player for the

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in November 2007.

International career

Dillon was born in

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. At one stage, after

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and Curtly Ambrose retired from international cricket, Dillon was the spearhead of the West Indies bowling attack. Subsequently, Dillon was labelled by Simon Briggs as "the natural successor to

", noting that " his action has a hint of alsh'swell-oiled efficiency". According to Briggs, "he takes a high percentage of wickets with the ball that angles in then just holds its own".

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labelled him "the West Indies' most notable underachiever...when he had his act together, edidn't lose much in comparison to his legendary predecessors mbrose and Walsh..such days were a rarity." He was involved in a remarkable over at Kandy's Asgiriya Stadium on 21 November 2001 in a test against

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when he contracted abdominal pains and was replaced by Colin Stuart after two balls of his third over. Stuart was banned from bowling for the remainder of the innings by

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John Hampshire after delivering two high, fast full-tosses (called as

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s) in his first three balls.

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completed the last three balls of the over with his off-breaks. It was the only instance in

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history, when three bowlers were used in completing one over.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Mervyn 1974 births Living people West Indies One Day International cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup Mumbai Champs cricketers