Graeme Cremer

Graeme Cremer

Zimbabwean Right Arm Bowl
t20 Int ALL TIME STATS
29 Mat
95 Overs
660 Runs
35 W
6.94 E/R

Personal Information

Full Name Alexander Graeme Cremer
Date of Birth September 19, 1986
Nationality Zimbabwean
Role Bowler / Right arm leg break
Family Merna Moore (Spouse)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
PKL vs WRL 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3 3.00
WRL vs BLK 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 3 6.50
WRL vs PKL 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 10.50
WRL vs IND-L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 2.50
AAD vs TAD 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 1 6.50

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 96 71 744 1196 20 14.58 62.20 0 1 58 48 5 37 0
TESTs 19 38 540 1657 5 16.36 32.58 1 0 102 47 2 12 0
T20Is 29 19 68 102 6 5.23 66.66 0 0 17 2 0 6 0
T20s 78 49 416 430 15 12.23 96.74 0 0 36 23 5 13 0
LISTAs 164 127 1794 2552 39 20.38 70.29 0 4 63 126 18 57 0
FIRSTCLASS 88 150 2887 0 27 23.47 0 3 10 171 0 0 62 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 96 95 780.0 3597 119 30.22 4.61 6/46 3 0
TESTs 19 27 702.2 2604 57 45.68 3.70 9/275 1 0
T20Is 29 28 95.0 660 35 18.85 6.94 3/11 0 0
T20s 78 76 274.3 1780 83 21.44 6.48 4/17 0 0
LISTAs 164 0 1349.3 5947 226 26.31 4.40 6/33 4 0
FIRSTCLASS 88 0 3191.2 10276 365 28.15 3.21 0 19 4

Graeme Cremer Videos

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Graeme Cremer : A Brief Biography

Graeme Cremer Biography

Graeme Cremer is a Zimbabwean cricketer and the current captain of the Zimbabwe Cricket team. He was born on 19th September 1986 in the capital of Zimbabwe, Harare.

He bowls right-arm leg break. Frustratingly resilient, he keeps using his slow turn of the ball to get integral wickets, despite conceding runs. His irrepressible nature demonstrates his determined and sound mentality, which is so inherent for being the captain of a national cricket team.

Background

Cremer was very talented from a young age and studied at the immensely prestigious, Prince Edward School, ranked one of the best schools of Africa. He played for the school team and was very successful, amassing prolific number of wickets.

Debut

Plunged into the hardest format of the game at the age of 18, because of the international hiatus of Ray Price and the departure of Paul Strang and Andy Whittall, he did well to cope with the tremendous expectations on his shoulders.

He made his debut in a Test match against Bangladesh on 6th January 2005, and managed to pick up two wickets, but in a losing cause as Zimbabwe lost by 226 runs and handed Bangladesh their first win in the Test cricket format.

He kept up his decent performances as he picked up four wickets in the very next Test match in the series. His chances to show a glimpse of talent faded, when the Zimbabwe cricket team was suspended from the Test format.

He made his ODI debut in the Tour of Kenya in 2009, in which he ended up as the leading wicket taker with 15 wickets, as Zimbabwe swept the series 5-0. He managed to get two four-wickets hauls, while keeping his best performance for the last ODI as he picked four wickets conceding 31 runs at an economy of 3.50.

Graeme made his T20 debut against Canada in the T20 Canada tournament against the hosts. While he did not get to bat in the match, he picked up two wickets by giving away 10 runs in three overs, helping Zimbabwe win by a huge 109 runs.

Rise to Glory

His best performance till date came against Sri Lanka in the first Test of the 2016 series. He picked up 4 wickets and scored his maiden Test century, and unbeaten 102 in the first innings.

Low Points

He missed Zimbabwe’s return to Test cricket in 2011 in the matches against Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand. He missed the 2016 ICC World T20 in India with a fractured left forearm.

In 2013, Cremer retired from Zimbabwe Cricket after disputes over payment with the Board. He focused on becoming a professional golfer instead. In 2015, he had a change of mind and declared his intention to play for Zimbabwe again and was duly selected for the Pakistan tour.

Club Career

He has represented Mashonaland, Northerns, Mid West Rhinos and Comilla Victorians in domestic cricket. He has 189 List A wickets and more than 250 first class wickets. He has a first class high score of 171 not out.

Captaincy

He has been very successful for Zimbabwe as a captain. Under his captaincy, Zimbabwe recorded their first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in 2017, and their fourth series win ever.

Records

He is the first Zimbabwe captain to get a five-wicket haul. Cremer is on the second position behind Wasim Akram for facing the most number of balls as a number eight batsman in a Test match facing 351 balls.