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Full name Adam Craig Dale
Born December 30, 1968, Ivanhoe, Victoria
Current age 39 years 139 days
Major teams Australia,Queensland
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
3
0
6
5
2.00
19
31.57
0
0
0
0
0
0
ODIs
30
12
8
78
15*
19.50
136
57.35
0
0
3
0
11
0
First-class
59
70
11
888
55
15.05
0
1
14
0
List A
65
26
17
165
25*
18.33
0
0
22
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
348
187
6
3/71
3/92
31.16
3.22
58.0
0
0
0
ODIs
30
30
1596
979
32
3/18
3/18
30.59
3.68
49.8
0
0
0
First-class
59
14369
5086
245
7/24
20.75
2.12
58.6
13
1
List A
65
3497
2059
84
5/28
5/28
24.51
3.53
41.6
3
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Australia at Bangalore, Mar 25-28, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Australia at St John's, Apr 3-7, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
South Africa v Australia at East London, Mar 29, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1996/97 - 2002/03
List A span
1995/96 - 2000/01
Profile
He may have been underrated in his original state, and sufficiently
underendowed with raw pace to be considered a fearsome fast bowler, but
Queensland's Adam Dale was far from a substandard cricketer. A lightly built
swing and seam bowler, nuggety lower-order batsman and keen fielder, Dale
originally plied his trade in Victoria but a lack of opportunities and a
work transfer encouraged him to head to Queensland in his mid-twenties. It
was a move which paid handsome dividends; he was promoted to his adopted
state's one-day team in 1995-96 and immediately impressed with the control of his line and length and the extent to which he was able to move his deliveries both in the air and off the pitch. So striking were these qualities that he was able to join a select band of players who have made their first-class and international debuts within a year of their first state appearance.
Throughout that period and in the years since, Dale earned a reputation as one of Australia's most consistent, reliable and miserly bowlers. He was rarely errant in either width or length, bowls from very close to the stumps (it was not unusual to see him make contact with the bowler's end wicket in his run-up), and was almost always economical.
For two seasons he was a regular in the one-day squad but made only two Test outings. A serious shoulder injury caused him to miss the best part of two seasons and helped to lead to his decision to retire at the end of the 2002-03 season.
John Polack
