Phillip DeFreitas

Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Personal information
Full name Phillip Anthony Jason DeFreitas
Born 18 February 1966 (1966-02-18) (age 45)
Scotts Head, Dominica
Nickname Daffy
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
International information
National side England
Test debut (cap 522) 14 November 1986 v Australia
Last Test 11 June 1995 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 91) 1 January 1987 v Australia
Last ODI 24 May 1997 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1985–1988 Leicestershire
1988–1993 Lancashire
1993–1996 Boland
1994–1999 Derbyshire
2000–2005 Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 44 103 372 479
Runs scored 934 690 10,991 5,181
Batting average 14.82 16.04 22.75 18.56
100s/50s –/4 –/1 10/54 –/13
Top score 88 67 123* 90
Balls bowled 9,838 5,712 72,073 23,007
Wickets 140 115 1,248 539
Bowling average 33.57 32.82 27.89 27.92
5 wickets in innings 4 61 7
10 wickets in match n/a 6 n/a
Best bowling 7/70 4/35 7/21 5/13
Catches/stumpings 14/– 26/– 127/– 101/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 August 2009

Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966, Scotts Head, Dominica)[1] is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted that "DeFreitas was an explosive hitter when the mood took him, an aggressive pace bowler, inclined to pitch everything short and a spectacular fielder".[1]

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Career

DeFreitas went to Willesden High School, in London, where he played football and cricket. He had trials at Luton Town F.C., but although offered an apprenticeship, wanted to play cricket.[2]

DeFreitas made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 1985 against Oxford University and recorded the startling bowling analysis of 3.4-2-3-3 as the students collapsed to a humiliating 24 all out. The following year he had a wonderful season, taking what was to remain a career high of 94 wickets and scoring his maiden century (at number 9) against Kent, and he was selected for the successful Ashes tour in 1986/87.[1] He remained part of England's plans until the advent of Dominic Cork in the mid-1990s, but was generally much less successful abroad than at home. His two best Test series were in 1991 against West Indies and, in 1994, against New Zealand, when he took 22 and 21 wickets respectively. His top Test score of 88, during which he hammered Craig McDermott for 42 runs off three overs with the new ball, helped England to a win against Australia in Adelaide, and earned him the Man of the Match award. DeFreitas was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1992.

Most would probably agree that DeFreitas never quite reached the heights his early promise suggested he would attain. In one-day internationals, DeFreitas seldom let England down - but bowled more economically than penetratively until his second Australian tour. In the World Series Cup that season, DeFreitas was often punished by the powerful Australian top order particularly Dean Jones. He performed creditably despite a persistent groin strain in the World Cup of 1992 but form was beginning to desert him by this stage. He was notoriously thrashed all over the ground by Sanath Jayasuriya in the 1996 World Cup quarter final - by no means alone - in a game where England were thrashed and ended up making their tournament exit.

In test cricket, DeFreitas was one of many at the time expected to prove themselves on a sporadic basis. While his batting was thought to have helped his cause, in truth, he was often exposed with the bat. His bowling in tests often suffered from the assets which made him a good one-day operator - economy but no penetration.

Rather than berate DeFreitas for not making the most of his undoubted talent, it is probably fairer to remember the era in which he played - particularly his early career. These were the days in which young bowlers were expected to perform for England and then toil away on the county treadmill immediately afterwards. As an aspiring all-rounder, DeFreitas's workload would have been almost never ending as he would be playing 3 day games, 4 day games, one day games and ODIs and tests for his country. This is perhaps one reason why cricketers of DeFreitas's "type": David Capel, Chris Lewis, Derek Pringle for example did not last very long at the top level.

In the course of his 21 seasons in first-class cricket, DeFreitas had a somewhat nomadic county career, playing for Leicestershire from his debut in 1985 until 1988, then Lancashire from 1989 to 1993, and Derbyshire from 1994 to 1999. In 2000, he returned to Leicestershire, averaging over 45 with the bat that season, and captained the side in 2003 and part of 2004. He also played for the South African side, Boland, in 1993/94 and 1994/95.

DeFreitas announced in April 2005 that he would retire from cricket at the end of that season, meaning that had England not beaten the Australians that summer, there would be no remaining Englishmen in first-class cricket who had played in a victorious Ashes side, but this did not happen. On hearing the news, Mike Gatting, who had captained that 1986/87 team, told the BBC: "He's one of those guys you want in the game. It's sad he's going to retire but he's been good for the game." DeFreitas has the honour of being the 100th player in Test cricket to take 100 wickets.

After cricket

As well as irregular television appearances, DeFreitas was made a cricket master of Oakham School in January 2009, under the school's director of cricket, Frank Hayes. He now teaches at Magdalen College School, Oxford. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 46–47. ISBN 1-869833-21-X. 
  2. ^ Davies, Gareth (2009-01-19). "Phil DeFreitas chose Leicestershire ahead of Luton Town". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/schoolsports/4291340/Phil-DeFreitas-chose-Leicestershire-ahead-of-Luton-Town.html. Retrieved 2009-01-24. 
  3. ^ Gareth A Davies (2009-01-19). "Phillip DeFreitas 'concerned' about school cricket". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/schoolsports/4291903/Phillip-DeFreitas-concerned-about-school-cricket.html. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 

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