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{{Short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| name = Graham Dilley
| name = Graham Dilley
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| fullname = Graham Roy Dilley
| fullname = Graham Roy Dilley
| nickname = Dill, Picca
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| batting = Left-handed
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| bowling = Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| bowling = Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
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| role = Bowler

| international = true
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| country = England
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| lastodiyear = 1988
| lastodiyear = 1988
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| club1 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]

| club1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1977–1986}}
| year1 = 1987–1992
| club2 = [[KwaZulu Natal cricket team|Natal]]
| club2 = [[KwaZulu Natal cricket team|Natal]]
| year2 = 1985–1986
| year2 = 1985/86
| club3 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]
| club3 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year3 = 1977–1986
| year3 = 1987–1992

| columns = 4
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| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 41
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| runs1 = 521
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| bowl avg2 = 26.89
| fivefor2 = 0
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| best bowling2 = 4/23
| best bowling2 = 4/23
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
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| date = 17 November
| date = 17 November
| year = 2008
| year = 2008
| source = http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11893.html Cricinfo
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'''Graham Roy Dilley''' (18 May 1959 – 5 October 2011)<ref name="Cap">{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |location= |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=51}}</ref><ref name="ESPN">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/535177.html Cricinfo.com]</ref> was an English [[cricket]]er, whose main role was as a [[fast bowler]]. He played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] and [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], and appeared in 41 [[Test cricket|test matches]] and 36 [[One Day International|ODIs]] for [[England cricket team|England]]. He is perhaps best remembered for his [[tail-end]] batting with [[Ian Botham]] in England's second innings at [[Headingley]] in 1981, reaching his Test highest score of 56 in an eighth-wicket partnership of 117 in 80 minutes. This helped England to beat Australia despite [[following on]] and being quoted as 500–1 outsiders.<ref name="independent">{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/graham-dilley-cricketer-best-remembered-for-his-exploits-in-the-england-side-of-1981-2366014.html | location=London | work=The Independent | date=6 October 2011 | title=Graham Dilley: Cricketer best remembered for his exploits in the England side of 1981}}</ref><ref name="greport">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/05/former-england-bowler-graham-dilley-dies | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Andy | last=Wilson | title=England bowler and hero of Headingley Graham Dilley dies aged 52 | date=5 October 2011}}</ref>
'''Graham Roy Dilley''' (18 May 1959 – 5 October 2011)<ref name="Cap">{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/51 51] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/51 }}</ref><ref name="ESPN">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/535177.html Cricinfo.com]</ref> was an English international [[cricket]]er, whose main role was as a [[fast bowler]]. He played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Kent County Cricket Club]] and [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club]]s, and appeared in 41 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 36 [[One Day International]] (ODIs) for the [[England cricket team]].


Dilley is perhaps best remembered for his [[tail-end]] batting with [[Ian Botham]] in England's second innings against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at [[Headingley]] in 1981, reaching his highest Test score of 56 in an eighth-wicket partnership of 117 runs.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/graham-dilley-cricketer-best-remembered-for-his-exploits-in-the-england-side-of-1981-2366014.html |work=The Independent|location=London |date=6 October 2011 |title=Graham Dilley: Cricketer best remembered for his exploits in the England side of 1981}}</ref><ref name="greport">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/05/former-england-bowler-graham-dilley-dies |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Andy |last=Wilson |title=England bowler and hero of Headingley Graham Dilley dies aged 52 |date=5 October 2011}}</ref>
Cricket correspondent Colin Bateman, commenting on his effectiveness, noted, "... when it all worked, it worked beautifully".<ref name="Cap"/>


==Life and career==
==Early life==
Dilley was born and raised in [[Dartford]], [[Kent]], England,<ref name="PCA"/> attended Dartford High School.<ref name="telobit">{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8809427/Graham-Dilley.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Graham Dilley | date=5 October 2011}}</ref> and played his early cricket for Dartford Cricket Club at Hesketh Park. He trained as a [[diamond cutter]] in [[Hatton Garden]] before embarking on a cricketing career with [[Kent County Cricket Club]].<ref name="PCA">http://www.thepca.co.uk/graham-dilly-obituary.html</ref> He played for the Kent Second XI in 1976, aged 17.<ref name="greport"/>
Dilley was born and raised in [[Dartford]], [[Kent]]<ref name="PCA"/> and was educated at Dartford High School.<ref name="telobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8809427/Graham-Dilley.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Graham Dilley |date=5 October 2011}}</ref> He played his early cricket for [[Dartford Cricket Club]] at [[Hesketh Park (cricket ground)|Hesketh Park]] and trained as a [[diamond cutter]] at [[Hatton Garden]] before embarking on a cricketing career with [[Kent County Cricket Club]].<ref name="PCA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepca.co.uk/graham-dilly-obituary.html |title=Graham Dilley obituary |access-date=26 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053422/http://www.thepca.co.uk/graham-dilly-obituary.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He first played for the Kent Second XI in 1976, aged 17.<ref name="greport"/>


He was married and divorced twice. Kent cricketer [[Graham Johnson (cricketer, born 1946)|Graham Johnson]] was a brother-in-law. He had four children, including [[Chris Pennell]], vice captain of [[Worcester Warriors]] rugby team.<ref name="PCA"/><ref name="telobit"/> His youngest son, Jonathan, has also represented Gloucestershire Second XI as a Left Arm Orthodox Spin Bowler.
He was married and divorced twice and had four children, including [[Chris Pennell]], who has played [[rugby union]] for [[England national rugby union team|England]] and [[Worcester Warriors]],<ref name="PCA"/><ref name="telobit"/><ref>Gallagher B (2007)[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/brendangallagher/2329047/Chris-Pennell-chooses-oval-ball.html Chris Pennell chooses oval ball], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 20 December 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref> whilst his youngest son, Jonathan, has played cricket for both Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Second XIs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/483/483344/483344.html Jonathan Dilley], CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2021. {{subscription required}}</ref> Kent cricketer [[Graham Johnson (cricketer, born 1946)|Graham Johnson]] was a brother-in-law.


===Early career===
==Early cricket career==
Dilley made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] at the age of eighteen in 1977, against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]. He failed to take a wicket, and was not selected again until the following season. He played his second match in June 1978 against the touring [[Pakistani cricket team]], but again failed to take a wicket. It was only in his third first-class match, against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]], that he made his presence felt, taking seven wickets in the match to help his team to a [[The result in cricket|six-wicket win]].
A fast bowler, Dilley made his [[first-class cricket]] debut for Kent at the age of 18 in 1977, against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]. He failed to take a wicket, and was not selected again until the following season when was again wicketless against the [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1978|touring Pakistanis]]. Seven wickets in his third first-class match, against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]], followed, although he took only one wicket in two further matches later in the season. He was, however, selected for England Young Cricketers against their West Indian counterparts.


Dilley played two more first-class matches that season but took only one wicket. Perhaps more significant was his selection for England Young Cricketers against their [[West Indies cricket team|West Indian]] counterparts for two of the three "Tests" and the single [[one-day cricket|one-day]] game. Real progress in [[county cricket]], however, would have to wait for 1979, when Dilley played 31 senior games for Kent, including a useful effort of 4–41 in the [[1979 cricket World Cup|World Cup]] warm-up match against the [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealanders]]. He finished with 49 first-class wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 23.48 that season, and already his express pace was attracting attention.
In 1979, Dilley played 31 senior games for Kent, including taking four wickets for the cost of 41 runs (4/41) in a [[1979 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] warm-up match against the [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealanders]]. He finished with 49 first-class wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 23.48 runs per wicket.


===England selection===
==England selection==
The [[English cricket team|England]] selectors, looking for a young fast bowler for that [[English cricket team in Australia in 1979–80|winter's tour of Australia]], took the bold decision of including the 20-year-old Dilley in the squad, and he made his international debut in an [[One Day International|ODI]] against [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]], played as part of the triangular tournament featuring those two teams and [[Australian cricket team|Australia]].
The [[English cricket team|England]] selectors, looking for a young fast bowler for [[English cricket team in Australia in 1979–80|that winter's tour of Australia]], took the bold decision to include the 20-year-old Dilley in the squad. He made his international debut in a [[One Day International]] against West Indies on 24 November 1979 at [[Sydney Cricket Ground|Sydney]] during the 1979/80 [[Australian Tri-Series]], a triangular tournament that also featured [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]. Dilley opened the bowling and took his first wicket in his third over.


A fortnight later, Dilley appeared in his first [[Test cricket|Test match]], making him the youngest cricketer to play for England in 30 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63256.html |title=England in Australia Test Series 1979–80 – 1st Test |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> England captain [[Mike Brearley]] showed confidence in his young bowler and he again opened the bowling. He took two wickets on debut. Australia finished their innings on 244 all out. In England's reply Dilley scored an unbeaten 38 runs, the second-highest score of the innings as England were all out for 228. He batted for 206 minutes, facing 57 balls. The game featured a memorable item on the second-innings scorecard:<ref name="telobit"/><ref>{{YouTube|-EhbCel0iRc|Cricket's Greatest Wonders & Blunders}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|oh4iF_Si_2E}}</ref>
Dilley played his first [[One Day International]] match on 24 November 1979 against West Indies at [[Sydney Cricket Ground|Sydney]] during the 1979/80 Benson & Hedges [[Australian Tri-Series|World Series Cup]]. The match was won by England by two runs. Dilley was given the new ball and struck in his third over when he claimed the wicket of [[Desmond Haynes]]. Rain forced the match to have a revised target and the West Indies needed to score 198 runs in 47 overs to win the match. They fell short and lost the match. Dilley finished with 6–2–21–1 with an economy rate of 3.50 runs per over.
:Lillee [[Caught (cricket)|c]] Willey [[Bowled|b]] Dilley 19
Although he also played in the second Test, he was replaced by [[John Lever]] for the third and final match of the series. Dilley took only seven wickets on that tour – "£7,000 for seven wickets" as the tour manager [[Alec Bedser]] commented.<ref name="Cap"/>


In 1980, Dilley was not selected until the [[West Indian cricket team in England in 1980#Third Test|third Test against West Indies]], at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]]. Rain intervened, as it was to do in the fourth and fifth Tests as well, and all were drawn, but Dilley's eleven wickets, in the three innings he was able to bowl in, made sure of his place to face the same opponents in the [[Caribbean]] that winter. He took ten wickets on the tour, enough to retain his place for the [[1981 Ashes series]].
A fortnight later, Dilley appeared in his first [[Test cricket|Test match]], making him the youngest cricketer to play for England in thirty years when he entered the field during the [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] Test at the [[WACA Ground|WACA]] on 14 December 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63256.html | title=England in Australia Test Series 1979–80 – 1st Test | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=20 March 2012}}</ref> English captain [[Mike Brearley]] showed confidence in Dilley and gave him the new ball at the start of the Australian first innings. Dilley did well during his initial bowling spell, but had to wait until Australia lost their fifth wicket on 127 runs to claim his first Test Wicket. The batsman was [[Peter Toohey]], caught by [[Derek Underwood]] for 19. Dilley then claimed his second wicket when [[Rod Marsh]] was caught behind by [[Bob Taylor (cricketer)|Bob Taylor]]. Marsh had scored 42 runs and Australia were 219 for 7 at that point. Australia finished 244 all out, and Dilley took figures of 18–1–47–2 with an economy rate of 2.61. However, his debut bowling performance was over-shadowed by Botham taking 6 for 78.


{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#FFFFF0 |salign=right |align=right|width=44% |quote=&nbsp; Nothing that he had done before, from the moment he made his Test debut as the youngest Englishman for 30 years, until the day he retired from competitive cricket – not even the five for 68 he took in Brisbane in the winter of 1986–87 that catalysed a victory in match and Ashes series – would ever topple Headingley from the pinnacle of his achievements. It remains one of the most celebrated passages in the history of British sport.<ref name="Guardian ">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/05/graham-dilley-kent-england-worcestershire |date=5 October 2011 |title = Graham Dilley: Test bowler, Headingley slogger and blond bruiser |author=Mike Selvey |author-link=Mike Selvey |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=6 October 2011 |location=London}}</ref>|source=[[Mike Selvey]], writing in 2011}}
England were all out for 228, giving a lead of 16 runs to Australia. Dilley scored an unbeaten 38, and stayed at the wicket for 206 minutes, facing 57 balls. His score was the second highest in the innings, after captain Mike Brearley. Dilley again took the new ball in Australia's second innings, but did not get a wicket until [[Dennis Lillee]] gave a catch to [[Peter Willey]] at gully. Lillee scored 19 runs and England needed 354 runs for victory. [[Geoff Boycott]] showed resistance with an unbeaten 99, and Dilley made a partnership of nineteen runs with Boycott for eighth wicket. England finished 215 all out, and Australia won the Test by 138 runs.


Dilley began the [[1981 Ashes series]] strongly, taking 12 wickets in the first two Tests, and was retained for the third Test at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]]. This game is best remembered for England's sensational victory after [[Follow-on|following on]], and for the heroics of [[Ian Botham]] and [[Bob Willis]], but Dilley played his part as well, albeit as a batsman. Coming to the crease in the second innings with England at 135/7, 92 runs in arrears, Dilley had no orders from his captain, Mike Brearley, when he joined Botham at the crease. Botham said, "Right then, let's have a bit of fun",<ref name="independent"/> and the two men put on 117 in just 80 minutes before Dilley (56 runs from 75 balls) was bowled by [[Terry Alderman]].<ref name="Cap"/> England eventually established a lead of 130, and Dilley then held a boundary catch to dismiss Rod Marsh in Australia's second innings, England going on to dismiss Australia for 111, winning by 18 runs.
He acquitted himself reasonably well, taking three wickets and scoring a handy unbeaten 38 in the first innings. The game featured a memorable item on the second-innings scorecard:<ref name="telobit"/><ref>{{YouTube|-EhbCel0iRc|Cricket's Greatest Wonders & Blunders}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|oh4iF_Si_2E}}</ref>
:Lillee [[Caught (cricket)|c]] Willey [[Bowled|b]] Dilley 19


Despite his part in the win at Headingley, Dilley did not play in the fourth Test, nor in the two that followed, being replaced variously by [[John Emburey]], [[Paul Allott]] and [[Mike Hendrick]]. He did get picked for the subsequent 1981/2 India tour, having pulled out of Graham Gooch's [[South African rebel tours|rebel tour]] of South Africa, something he later regretted for financial reasons.<ref name=ci7oct11>Steen R (2011) [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/535446.html The star who might have been], [[CricInfo]], 7 October 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref>
England lost the match by 138 runs, and although Dilley also played in the second Test, which was also lost, he was replaced by [[John Lever]] for the third and final game. Dilley took only seven wickets on that tour – "£7,000 for seven wickets" as the tour manager [[Alec Bedser]] commented.<ref name="Cap"/> The Australians triumphed in this match as well, to win the rubber 3–0, although [[the Ashes]] were not at stake, and were retained by England on the basis of their 5–1 victory in the six-game series that had been played a year earlier.

In 1980, Dilley was not selected until the [[West Indian cricket team in England in 1980#Third Test|third Test against West Indies]], at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]]. Rain intervened, as it was to do in the fourth and fifth Tests as well, and all were drawn. Dilley's eleven wickets, in the three innings he was able to make use of, made sure of his place to face the same opponents in the [[Caribbean]] that winter. England were outplayed in the overseas Tests and lost the four-match series 2–0 (the [[Guyana]] Test having been cancelled over the [[Robin Jackman]] affair) and both ODIs, but Dilley's ten wickets were enough for him to retain his place for the [[1981 Ashes series]].

{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#FFFFF0 |salign=right |align=right|width=44% |quote=&nbsp; Nothing that he had done before, from the moment he made his Test debut as the youngest Englishman for 30 years, until the day he retired from competitive cricket – not even the five for 68 he took in Brisbane in the winter of 1986–87 that catalysed a victory in match and Ashes series – would ever topple Headingley from the pinnacle of his achievements. It remains one of the most celebrated passages in the history of British sport.<ref name="Guardian ">{{cite news
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/05/graham-dilley-kent-england-worcestershire
| date = 5 October 2011
| title = Graham Dilley: Test bowler, Headingley slogger and blond bruiser
| author = [[Mike Selvey]]
| work = [[The Guardian]]
| accessdate = 6 October 2011
| location=London}}</ref>

.|source=[[Mike Selvey]], writing in 2011}}

Dilley began the [[1981 Ashes series]] strongly, taking 12 wickets in the first two Tests, and was thus retained for the third Test at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]]. This game is best remembered for England's sensational victory after following on, and for the heroics of [[Ian Botham]] and [[Bob Willis]], but Dilley played his part as well, albeit in the unfamiliar role of batsman. Coming to the crease in the second innings with England at 135–7, 92 runs in arrears, Dilley had no orders from his captain, Mike Brearley, when he joined Ian Botham at the crease. Botham said, "Right then, let's have a bit of fun",<ref name="independent"/> and the two men put on 117 in just 80 minutes before Dilley (56, from 75 balls) was bowled by [[Terry Alderman]].<ref name="Cap"/> England eventually established a lead of 130, and Dilley then held a boundary catch to dismiss Rod Marsh in Australia's second innings. Exceptional bowling by Bob Willis (8–43) bowled Australia out for 111, and gave England an unexpected victory by 18 runs.

Despite his part in the win at Headingley, Dilley did not play in the fourth Test, nor in the two that followed, being replaced variously by [[John Emburey]], [[Paul Allott]] and [[Mike Hendrick]]. He did get picked for the subsequent 1981/2 India tour having pulled out of Graham Gooch's [[South African rebel tours|rebel tour]] of South Africa, something he regretted for financial reasons.<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/535446.html</ref>


===Injury and recovery===
===Injury and recovery===
Despite being in and out of the side for the next couple of years, Dilley's future as a Test player seemed reasonably bright by 1983 as he played a full part in England's [[Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] campaign. Following the tournament, a neck injury forced him out of the game for a year,<ref name="Cap"/> and although he returned to county cricket in 1985, there was some doubt as to his long-term prospects. A decent performance that winter for [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]] helped in his rehabilitation and, by 1986, Dilley took 63 first-class wickets and earned a recall to the England side.
Despite being in and out of the side, Dilley's future as an international player seemed reasonably bright by 1983, and he played a full part in England's [[1983 Cricket World Cup]] campaign. Following the tournament, a neck injury forced him out of the game for a year,<ref name="Cap"/> and although he returned to county cricket in 1985, there was some doubt as to his long-term prospects. A decent performance that winter for [[Natal cricket team|Natal]] in South Africa helped in his rehabilitation and in 1986 Dilley took 63 first-class wickets and earned a recall to the England side.


Between 1986 and 1988, Dilley took 83 Test wickets at an average of 26.43, and was generally regarded as England's foremost strike bowler. He developed significant pace and outswing from a long, wide run up, approaching the wicket at an angle almost 45 degrees.<ref name="greport"/> Perhaps his most significant success came in 1986/87 when he took 5–68 in the first innings of the first Test at Brisbane to help his team to a victory that set them on their way to an Ashes win, and he also took 20 wickets at 15.85 in ODIs. In the drawn series against New Zealand the following winter he produced his career-best bowling figures, ripping through the Kiwi line-up with 6–38 (including the first five wickets to fall) at [[Lancaster Park]], [[Christchurch]].<ref name="Cap"/> He was fined £250 in the same match for swearing at the umpire, comments which were clearly picked up by the stump microphone.<ref name="gobit">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/05/graham-dilley | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=David | last=Frith | title=Graham Dilley obituary | date=5 October 2011}}</ref> He took a further 5–60 in Auckland, and finished the series with fifteen wickets at an average of 14.
Between 1986 and 1988, Dilley took 83 Test wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 26.43 runs per wicket. Generally regarded as England's foremost strike bowler, he developed significant pace and outswing from a long, wide run up, approaching the wicket at an angle of almost 45 degrees.<ref name="greport"/> Perhaps his most significant success came in [[English cricket team in Australia in 1986-87|1986/87]] when he took 5/68 in the first innings of the first Test at [[The GABBA|Brisbane]] to help his team to a victory that set them on their way to an [[the Ashes|Ashes]] win. Later on that tour, Dilley helped England to further success in winning the [[Benson & Hedges Challenge]] and the [[1986-87 Australian Tri-Series|World Series Cup]], taking his best [[ODI cricket|one-day international]] figures of 4/23 in a match against the West Indies (a performance which won him the [[man of the match]] award).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/benson-hedges-world-series-cup-1986-87-60871/england-vs-west-indies-1st-match-65408/full-scorecard |title=Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England, 1st match 1986-7|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> He also won the [[man of the match]] award for another one-day international performance against the West Indies that winter in which he took 4/46.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/benson-hedges-challenge-1986-87-60870/england-vs-west-indies-4th-match-65911/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England, 4th match 1986-7|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref>


In the drawn series against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] the following winter Dilley produced his career-best Test match innings bowling figures, taking 6/38 including the first five wickets to fall at [[Lancaster Park|Christchurch]].<ref name="Cap"/> He was fined £250 in the same match for swearing at the umpire, comments which were clearly picked up by the [[stump microphone]].<ref name="gobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/05/graham-dilley |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=David |last=Frith |title=Graham Dilley obituary |date=5 October 2011}}</ref> He took a further [[five-wicket haul]] at [[Eden Park|Auckland]], and finished the series with 15 wickets at an average of 14.
===Bowling style===
His bowling style often fascinated many, with his unusual [[run-up (cricket)|run-up]] a topic of discussion. It is believed that he tried to adopt the [[Jeff Thomson]]'s slingy bowling style, and later Dilley's style was used by [[Chris Cairns]] in New Zealand. {{citation needed|date=August 2017}}


==Later career==
In 1988, when talking about the effects of coaching fast bowlers, Geoffrey Boycott commented, "Remember what happened to Graham Dilley, who started out as a genuinely quick bowler. They started stuffing [[line and length]] in his ear and now he has [[Dennis Lillee]]'s action with [[Denis Thatcher]]'s pace".{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
For the 1987 season, Dilley moved to [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]].<ref name="Cap"/> His new county were about to begin the most successful period in their history, winning four trophies in the next three years. Despite further injury problems, he proved a key bowler as Worcestershire won the 1988 and 1989 [[County Championship]]s; it was during this period that he wrote, with team-mate [[Graeme Hick]], an account of one of the title-winning seasons, entitled ''Hick'n'Dilley Circus''.


Dilley recorded his best match figures in a Test match at [[Lord's]] in 1988, match figures of 9/128 (comprising 5/55 and 4/73) against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], although England lost the match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-tour-of-england-1988-61887/england-vs-west-indies-2nd-test-63485/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England 2nd Test 1988|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> However, Dilley's international career was beginning to wind down by the end of that season, and his final Test was at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] in the 1989 Ashes series. He made certain that he would not be picked again by accompanying [[Mike Gatting]] on the [[South African rebel tours|rebel tour]] to South Africa that winter.<ref name="Cap"/> Unusually he finished on the winning side only twice in his 41 Test matches (the Headingley test of 1981 and that at Brisbane in 1986), the 1980s being a lean time for English cricket.
===Later career===
For the 1987 season, Dilley moved to [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]],<ref name="Cap"/> and his new county were about to begin the most successful period in their history, winning four trophies in the next three years. Despite further injury problems, he proved a vital cog in the wheel as Worcestershire won the 1988 and 1989 [[County Championship]]s; it was during this period that he wrote, with team-mate [[Graeme Hick]], an account of one of the title-winning seasons, somewhat painfully entitled ''Hick'n'Dilley Circus''.


He continued to play for his county and in the 1991 season came sixth in the [[first-class cricket|first-class]] bowling averages in domestic cricket (among bowlers who had taken a minimum of twenty wickets), taking 37 wickets at 22.24,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1991/ENG_LOCAL/ENG_1991_FC_BOWL_AVS.html|title=First Class Season 1991 - Leading Bowling Averages |publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> also helping Worcestershire to win the [[Benson and Hedges Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1991/ENG_LOCAL/B+H/LANCS_WORCS_B+H_13-14JUL1991.html|title=Lancashire v Worcestershire at Lord's 13-4 July|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref>
Dilley's Test career was beginning to wind down by this time, and his final match was at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]] in the 1989 Ashes series. He made certain that he would not be picked again by accompanying [[Mike Gatting]] on the [[South African rebel tours|rebel tour]] to South Africa that winter,<ref name="Cap"/> although he continued to play for his county for a couple more years. Dilley appeared in three of Worcestershire's matches in April 1992, but despite a couple of appearances in the Second XI, he announced his retirement at the end of that season because of recurring injury problems.<ref name="Cap"/>


However recurring injury problems led to his retirement at the end of the 1992 season.<ref name="Cap"/>
===Retirement===
Dilley's move to Worcestershire denied him the financial security of a benefit season. He found employment after retirement as a coach, firstly to the [[England women's cricket team]], and then accompanying the men's side on the tour to India in 2001/02. He also worked in a coaching capacity for [[Zimbabwean cricket team|Zimbabwe]] and [[Scottish cricket team|Scotland]]. His last position was as head coach to [[Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence|Loughborough UCCE]], where he was director of cricket for 11 years.<ref name="PCA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sdc.lboro.ac.uk/performance_sport/cricket/index.php?cat_id=20&subcat_id=85&level=2|title=University Cricket|publisher=[[Loughborough University]]|accessdate=5 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loughboroughmccu.com/mccu/about-loughborough-mccu|title=About Loughborough MCCU|publisher=www.loughboroughmccu.com|accessdate=17 August 2011}}</ref> where he coached, among others, [[Monty Panesar]], [[James Anyon]], [[Ruel Brathwaite]], [[James Adams (cricketer, born 1980)|James Adams]] and [[Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989)|Rob Taylor]].


===Personal life===
==Post-retirement==
Dilley's move to Worcestershire denied him the financial security of a benefit season and he found employment after retirement as a coach, firstly for the [[England women's cricket team]], and then accompanying the men's side on their tour to India in 2001/02. He also worked in a coaching capacity for [[Zimbabwean cricket team|Zimbabwe]] and [[Scottish cricket team|Scotland]]. His last position was as head coach for [[Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence]], where he was director of cricket for 11 years.<ref name="PCA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdc.lboro.ac.uk/performance_sport/cricket/index.php?cat_id=20&subcat_id=85&level=2 |title=University Cricket |publisher=[[Loughborough University]] |access-date=5 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008162045/http://sdc.lboro.ac.uk/performance_sport/cricket/index.php?cat_id=20&subcat_id=85&level=2 |archive-date=8 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.loughboroughmccu.com/mccu/about-loughborough-mccu |title=About Loughborough MCCU |publisher=loughboroughmccu.com |access-date=17 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007171847/http://www.loughboroughmccu.com/mccu/about-loughborough-mccu |archive-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At Loughborough he coached, among others, [[Monty Panesar]], [[James Anyon]], [[Ruel Brathwaite]], [[James Adams (cricketer, born 1980)|James Adams]] and [[Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989)|Rob Taylor]].
Dilley was the father of the [[Worcester Warriors]] [[rugby union]] captain, [[Chris Pennell]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/brendangallagher/2329047/Chris-Pennell-chooses-oval-ball.html Telegraph.co.uk]</ref>


==Death==
Dilley died in a hospice in Leicester on 5 October 2011 just one week after being diagnosed with [[oesophageal cancer]], at the age of 52.<ref name="telobit"/> A memorial service was held in [[Worcester Cathedral]] on Wednesday 9 November 2011.<ref name="PCA"/>
Dilley died in a hospice at [[Leicester]] on 5 October 2011, aged 52, just one week after being diagnosed with [[oesophageal cancer]].<ref name="telobit"/> A memorial service was held in [[Worcester Cathedral]] on 9 November 2011.<ref name="PCA"/>


==Teams==
==References==
{{Reflist}}

===International===
*[[English cricket team|England]]

===English county===
*[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]
*[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]

===Other first-class===
* England B
*[[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]]
* Natal

==Career highlights==

===Tests===
*Test debut: vs [[Australian cricket team|Australia]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], 1979/80
*Last Test: vs Australia, [[Birmingham]], 1989
**Highest score: 56 vs Australia, [[Leeds]], 1981
**Best bowling: 6/38 vs [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]], [[Christchurch]], 1987/88

===One Day International===
*ODI debut: vs [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]], [[Sydney]], 1979/80
*Last ODI: vs West Indies, Leeds, 1988
**Highest score: 31* vs New Zealand, [[The Oval]], 1983
**Best bowling: 4/23 vs West Indies, [[Brisbane]], 1986/87

===First-class===
*First-class debut: [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] vs [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]], [[Canterbury]], 1977
*Last first-class match: [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] vs [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]], [[Worcester]], 1992
**Highest score: 81 for Kent vs Northamptonshire, [[Northampton]], 1979
**Best bowling: 7/63 for Natal vs [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]], [[Johannesburg]], 1985/86

===List A cricket===
*List A debut: Kent vs [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]], [[The Oval]], 1978
*Last List A match: Worcestershire vs [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]], Worcester, 1992
**Highest score: 37* for Kent vs [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], [[Canterbury]], 1983
**Best bowling: 5/29 (twice):
***for Kent vs [[Scottish cricket team|Scotland]], [[Edinburgh]], 1986
***for Worcestershire vs [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]], [[Lord's]], 1988 ([[NatWest Trophy]] final)

== International record ==
=== Test 5 Wicket hauls ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; margin:auto;" width:"100%"
|-
! style="width:60px;"| #!! style="width:50px;"|Figures !! style="width:50px;"|Match !! style="width:180px;"|Opponent !! style="width:200px;"|Venue !! style="width:125px;"|City !! style="width:125px;"|Country !! width=50"|Year
|-
| '''1''' || 5/68 || 23 || {{cr|AUS}} || [[The Gabba]] || [[Brisbane]] || [[Australia]] || 1986
|-
| '''2''' || 5/92 || 29 || {{cr|PAK}} || [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground]] || [[Birmingham]] || [[England]] || 1987
|-
| '''3''' || 6/154 || 30 || {{cr|PAK}} || [[Kennington Oval]] || [[London]] || England || 1987
|-
| '''4''' || 6/38 || 33 || {{cr|NZ}} || [[Lancaster Park|AMI Stadium]] || [[Christchurch]] || [[New Zealand]] || 1988
|-
| '''5''' || 5/60 || 34 || {{cr|NZ}} || [[Eden Park]] || [[Auckland]] || New Zealand || 1988
|-
| '''6''' || 5/55 || 37 || {{cr|WIN}} || [[Lord's]] || London || England || 1988
|}

==International awards==
===One Day International Cricket===
====Man of the Match awards====
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-left:10px"
|-
! style="background:#87cefa; color:black;" |#
! style="background:#87cefa; color:black;" |Opponent
! style="background:#87cefa; color:black;" |Venue
! style="background:#87cefa; color:black;" |Date
! style="background:#87cefa; color:black;" |Match Performance
! style="background:#87cefa; color:black;" |Result
|- style="background:White;"
| 1
| [[West Indies national cricket team|West Indies]]
| [[WACA Ground]], [[Perth]]
| 3 January 1987
| 1 (3 balls) ; 10-0-46-4
| {{cr|ENG}} won by 19 runs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=0470|title= 1986-1987 Benson & Hedges Challenge - 4th Match - England v West Indies - Perth|date=10 October 2014|publisher=Howstat|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref>
|- style="background:White;"
| 2
| [[West Indies national cricket team|West Indies]]
| [[Brisbane Cricket Ground]], [[Brisbane]]
| 17 January 1987
| 8.3-1-23-4 ; DNB
| {{cr|ENG}} won by 6 wickets.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=0474|title= 1986-1987 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup - 1st Match - England v West Indies - Brisbane|date=10 October 2014|publisher=Howstat|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref>
|}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/8809484/Graham-Dilley-Sultan-of-swing-and-Ashes-hero.html Graham Dilley: Sultan of swing and Ashes hero] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' profile of Dilley by former England team mate [[Derek Pringle]]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/8809484/Graham-Dilley-Sultan-of-swing-and-Ashes-hero.html Graham Dilley: Sultan of swing and Ashes hero] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' profile of Dilley by former England teammate [[Derek Pringle]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


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Graham Dilley
Personal information
Full name
Graham Roy Dilley
Born(1959-05-18)18 May 1959
Dartford, Kent, England
Died5 October 2011(2011-10-05) (aged 52)
Leicester, England
NicknameDill, Picca
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 483)14 December 1979 v Australia
Last Test11 July 1989 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 51)28 November 1979 v West Indies
Last ODI21 May 1988 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1977–1986Kent
1985/86Natal
1987–1992Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 41 36 234 207
Runs scored 521 114 2,339 675
Batting average 13.35 11.40 14.71 11.25
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 56 31* 81 37*
Balls bowled 8,192 2,043 34,418 10,438
Wickets 138 48 648 279
Bowling average 29.76 26.89 26.84 22.92
5 wickets in innings 6 0 34 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0
Best bowling 6/38 4/23 7/63 5/29
Catches/stumpings 10/– 4/– 75/– 40/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 November 2008

Graham Roy Dilley (18 May 1959 – 5 October 2011)[1][2] was an English international cricketer, whose main role was as a fast bowler. He played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Worcestershire County Cricket Clubs, and appeared in 41 Test matches and 36 One Day International (ODIs) for the England cricket team.

Dilley is perhaps best remembered for his tail-end batting with Ian Botham in England's second innings against Australia at Headingley in 1981, reaching his highest Test score of 56 in an eighth-wicket partnership of 117 runs.[3][4]

Early life

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Dilley was born and raised in Dartford, Kent[5] and was educated at Dartford High School.[6] He played his early cricket for Dartford Cricket Club at Hesketh Park and trained as a diamond cutter at Hatton Garden before embarking on a cricketing career with Kent County Cricket Club.[5] He first played for the Kent Second XI in 1976, aged 17.[4]

He was married and divorced twice and had four children, including Chris Pennell, who has played rugby union for England and Worcester Warriors,[5][6][7] whilst his youngest son, Jonathan, has played cricket for both Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Second XIs.[8] Kent cricketer Graham Johnson was a brother-in-law.

Early cricket career

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A fast bowler, Dilley made his first-class cricket debut for Kent at the age of 18 in 1977, against Cambridge University. He failed to take a wicket, and was not selected again until the following season when was again wicketless against the touring Pakistanis. Seven wickets in his third first-class match, against Middlesex, followed, although he took only one wicket in two further matches later in the season. He was, however, selected for England Young Cricketers against their West Indian counterparts.

In 1979, Dilley played 31 senior games for Kent, including taking four wickets for the cost of 41 runs (4/41) in a World Cup warm-up match against the New Zealanders. He finished with 49 first-class wickets at an average of 23.48 runs per wicket.

England selection

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The England selectors, looking for a young fast bowler for that winter's tour of Australia, took the bold decision to include the 20-year-old Dilley in the squad. He made his international debut in a One Day International against West Indies on 24 November 1979 at Sydney during the 1979/80 Australian Tri-Series, a triangular tournament that also featured Australia. Dilley opened the bowling and took his first wicket in his third over.

A fortnight later, Dilley appeared in his first Test match, making him the youngest cricketer to play for England in 30 years.[9] England captain Mike Brearley showed confidence in his young bowler and he again opened the bowling. He took two wickets on debut. Australia finished their innings on 244 all out. In England's reply Dilley scored an unbeaten 38 runs, the second-highest score of the innings as England were all out for 228. He batted for 206 minutes, facing 57 balls. The game featured a memorable item on the second-innings scorecard:[6][10][11]

Lillee c Willey b Dilley 19

Although he also played in the second Test, he was replaced by John Lever for the third and final match of the series. Dilley took only seven wickets on that tour – "£7,000 for seven wickets" as the tour manager Alec Bedser commented.[1]

In 1980, Dilley was not selected until the third Test against West Indies, at Old Trafford. Rain intervened, as it was to do in the fourth and fifth Tests as well, and all were drawn, but Dilley's eleven wickets, in the three innings he was able to bowl in, made sure of his place to face the same opponents in the Caribbean that winter. He took ten wickets on the tour, enough to retain his place for the 1981 Ashes series.

  Nothing that he had done before, from the moment he made his Test debut as the youngest Englishman for 30 years, until the day he retired from competitive cricket – not even the five for 68 he took in Brisbane in the winter of 1986–87 that catalysed a victory in match and Ashes series – would ever topple Headingley from the pinnacle of his achievements. It remains one of the most celebrated passages in the history of British sport.[12]

Mike Selvey, writing in 2011

Dilley began the 1981 Ashes series strongly, taking 12 wickets in the first two Tests, and was retained for the third Test at Headingley. This game is best remembered for England's sensational victory after following on, and for the heroics of Ian Botham and Bob Willis, but Dilley played his part as well, albeit as a batsman. Coming to the crease in the second innings with England at 135/7, 92 runs in arrears, Dilley had no orders from his captain, Mike Brearley, when he joined Botham at the crease. Botham said, "Right then, let's have a bit of fun",[3] and the two men put on 117 in just 80 minutes before Dilley (56 runs from 75 balls) was bowled by Terry Alderman.[1] England eventually established a lead of 130, and Dilley then held a boundary catch to dismiss Rod Marsh in Australia's second innings, England going on to dismiss Australia for 111, winning by 18 runs.

Despite his part in the win at Headingley, Dilley did not play in the fourth Test, nor in the two that followed, being replaced variously by John Emburey, Paul Allott and Mike Hendrick. He did get picked for the subsequent 1981/2 India tour, having pulled out of Graham Gooch's rebel tour of South Africa, something he later regretted for financial reasons.[13]

Injury and recovery

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Despite being in and out of the side, Dilley's future as an international player seemed reasonably bright by 1983, and he played a full part in England's 1983 Cricket World Cup campaign. Following the tournament, a neck injury forced him out of the game for a year,[1] and although he returned to county cricket in 1985, there was some doubt as to his long-term prospects. A decent performance that winter for Natal in South Africa helped in his rehabilitation and in 1986 Dilley took 63 first-class wickets and earned a recall to the England side.

Between 1986 and 1988, Dilley took 83 Test wickets at an average of 26.43 runs per wicket. Generally regarded as England's foremost strike bowler, he developed significant pace and outswing from a long, wide run up, approaching the wicket at an angle of almost 45 degrees.[4] Perhaps his most significant success came in 1986/87 when he took 5/68 in the first innings of the first Test at Brisbane to help his team to a victory that set them on their way to an Ashes win. Later on that tour, Dilley helped England to further success in winning the Benson & Hedges Challenge and the World Series Cup, taking his best one-day international figures of 4/23 in a match against the West Indies (a performance which won him the man of the match award).[14] He also won the man of the match award for another one-day international performance against the West Indies that winter in which he took 4/46.[15]

In the drawn series against New Zealand the following winter Dilley produced his career-best Test match innings bowling figures, taking 6/38 including the first five wickets to fall at Christchurch.[1] He was fined £250 in the same match for swearing at the umpire, comments which were clearly picked up by the stump microphone.[16] He took a further five-wicket haul at Auckland, and finished the series with 15 wickets at an average of 14.

Later career

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For the 1987 season, Dilley moved to Worcestershire.[1] His new county were about to begin the most successful period in their history, winning four trophies in the next three years. Despite further injury problems, he proved a key bowler as Worcestershire won the 1988 and 1989 County Championships; it was during this period that he wrote, with team-mate Graeme Hick, an account of one of the title-winning seasons, entitled Hick'n'Dilley Circus.

Dilley recorded his best match figures in a Test match at Lord's in 1988, match figures of 9/128 (comprising 5/55 and 4/73) against the West Indies, although England lost the match.[17] However, Dilley's international career was beginning to wind down by the end of that season, and his final Test was at Edgbaston in the 1989 Ashes series. He made certain that he would not be picked again by accompanying Mike Gatting on the rebel tour to South Africa that winter.[1] Unusually he finished on the winning side only twice in his 41 Test matches (the Headingley test of 1981 and that at Brisbane in 1986), the 1980s being a lean time for English cricket.

He continued to play for his county and in the 1991 season came sixth in the first-class bowling averages in domestic cricket (among bowlers who had taken a minimum of twenty wickets), taking 37 wickets at 22.24,[18] also helping Worcestershire to win the Benson and Hedges Cup.[19]

However recurring injury problems led to his retirement at the end of the 1992 season.[1]

Post-retirement

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Dilley's move to Worcestershire denied him the financial security of a benefit season and he found employment after retirement as a coach, firstly for the England women's cricket team, and then accompanying the men's side on their tour to India in 2001/02. He also worked in a coaching capacity for Zimbabwe and Scotland. His last position was as head coach for Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, where he was director of cricket for 11 years.[5][20][21] At Loughborough he coached, among others, Monty Panesar, James Anyon, Ruel Brathwaite, James Adams and Rob Taylor.

Death

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Dilley died in a hospice at Leicester on 5 October 2011, aged 52, just one week after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.[6] A memorial service was held in Worcester Cathedral on 9 November 2011.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 51. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. ^ Cricinfo.com
  3. ^ a b "Graham Dilley: Cricketer best remembered for his exploits in the England side of 1981". The Independent. London. 6 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Wilson, Andy (5 October 2011). "England bowler and hero of Headingley Graham Dilley dies aged 52". The Guardian. London.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Graham Dilley obituary". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d "Graham Dilley". The Daily Telegraph. London. 5 October 2011.
  7. ^ Gallagher B (2007)Chris Pennell chooses oval ball, The Daily Telegraph, 20 December 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. ^ Jonathan Dilley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2021. (subscription required)
  9. ^ "England in Australia Test Series 1979–80 – 1st Test". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  10. ^ Cricket's Greatest Wonders & Blunders on YouTube
  11. ^ Video on YouTube
  12. ^ Mike Selvey (5 October 2011). "Graham Dilley: Test bowler, Headingley slogger and blond bruiser". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  13. ^ Steen R (2011) The star who might have been, CricInfo, 7 October 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England, 1st match 1986-7". Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England, 4th match 1986-7". Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  16. ^ Frith, David (5 October 2011). "Graham Dilley obituary". The Guardian. London.
  17. ^ "Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England 2nd Test 1988". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  18. ^ "First Class Season 1991 - Leading Bowling Averages". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Lancashire v Worcestershire at Lord's 13-4 July". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  20. ^ "University Cricket". Loughborough University. Archived from the original on 8 October 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  21. ^ "About Loughborough MCCU". loughboroughmccu.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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