Michael Bevan

For Professor Michael Bevan FRS, see Michael W. Bevan.

Michael Bevan

Personal information

Full name

Michael Gwyl Bevan

Born

8 May 1970
Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Nickname

Bevo

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Batting style

Left-hand

Bowling style

Slow left-arm chinaman

Role

All-rounder

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut (cap 360)

28 September 1994 v Pakistan

Last Test

2 January 1998 v South Africa

ODI debut (cap 116)

14 April 1994 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

29 February 2004 v Sri Lanka

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1989–1990

1990–2004

1995–1996

1998–2000

2002

2004–2006

2004

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	18	232	237	427
Runs scored	785	6,912	19,147	15,103
Batting average	29.07	53.58	57.32	57.86
100s/50s	0/6	6/46	68/81	13/116
Top score	91	108*	216	157*
Balls bowled	1,285	1,966	8,769	3,546
Wickets	29	36	119	93
Bowling average	24.24	45.97	44.89	33.27
5 wickets in innings	1	0	1	1
10 wickets in match	1	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	6/82	3/36	6/82	5/29
Catches/stumpings	8/–	69/–	122/–	128/–

Source: cricinfo.com, 6 March 2008

Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970,^[1] Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory) is a former Australian left-handed cricket batsman and a slow left arm chinaman bowler. He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989.^[2]

He played 232 ODI matches for Australia, and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 teams that won the World Cup. He was known as a "finisher" for Australia, particularly in ODIs, often leading the team to victory in the company of tail-enders.

He holds the world record One Day International batting average for retired players of 53.58. In List A cricket as a whole, Bevan has an average of over 57, the highest of any player to have scored 10,000 runs in List A games (second is Dean Jones, on 46.93).^[3] Although Bevan played most of his domestic career for the New South Wales Blues, he moved to the Tasmanian Tigers for the 2004–05 season, where he continued his successes up until his retirement in January 2007. He has also played for South Australia and in England for Yorkshire,^[1] Leicestershire and Sussex. Michael Bevan's first senior club was Weston Creek Cricket Club in Canberra.

ODI career

Bevan made his One Day International debut for Australia in the 1994 Austral-Asia Cup at Sharjah and by the 1995–96 season he became a regular in the side.

Bevan is one of only four players with 30 ODI innings or more to maintain a batting average above 50.^[4] However, Bevan's best performance was as a number four.^[5] Of the players to have played 30 or more ODI innings, he is one of only two (with Michael Hussey) whose batting average never dropped below 40.^[6] This, coupled with the high price he put on his wicket, resulted in many not-out innings.

Nonetheless, he proved a reliable anchor at the bottom of the middle order, and he would often patiently guide Australia to victory following a rare top-order collapse – leading to him being nicknamed "The Finisher". One of his most famous "anchor" innings was in the New Years Day One Day International at the Sydney Cricket Ground against the West Indies in 1996. With the Australians at one stage 6/38 chasing 173, his unbeaten 150-minute 78 got the Australians over the line with a four on the last ball of the innings.^[7]^[8] By the end of his ODI career, Bevan was known as the "Pyjama Picasso".

2003 Cricket World Cup

Bevan previously appeared for Australia in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where Australia lost the final to Sri Lanka, and the victorious 1999 Cricket World Cup side.

Bevan entered the 2003 World Cup injured. He played his first game in the group stage against India. He didn't bat until the fifth group game against Namibia and he registered a rusty 17 before being caught and bowled by Louis Burger. In the final group game against England, he came in with Australia struggling at 48–4. He then was joined by Andy Bichel at 135–8 with 70 runs still required to win. Bevan finished on 74 not out and Bichel 34 not out as Australia managed to win in the final over. An unbeaten group stage was followed by an unbeaten Super Six stage. He made 56 against New Zealand helping Australia recover from 84–7 again batting with Bichel to help Australia win. His last knock was an unfortunate golden duck in the semi-final against Sri Lanka and he was not required to bat in the final which Australia won.

Test career

Despite his ODI success, Bevan's Test career was not nearly as successful. Thought to be susceptible to short-pitched deliveries, he never really succeeded in the longer form of the game, with an average of only 29. His problems with short pitched bowling are more myth than reality – he continued to perform consistently in ODIs, despite a rule change which allowed short pitch bowling in ODIs. He also scored heavily in domestic first-class cricket for New South Wales during this time averaging almost 60 with the bat. He performed well during his limited time as a bowler in Test matches, with his bowling style of unorthodox left-arm chinaman spin, including taking ten wickets in a Test match against the West Indies touring side in 1996.

The major teams he has played for are: South Australia, New South Wales, Yorkshire, Sussex, Leicestershire and of course Australia. He finished his career playing for Tasmania, where in the 2004/05 Sheffield Shield season, he scored a then-record 1464 runs in the season. Despite this form, he was missed Australian selection due to his age.

Retirement

On 17 January 2007, due to injuries Bevan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. "It got to the stage where injuries and pain were holding back my motivation, and it got to the stage where I was finding it hard to get up for matches and that was probably a pretty clear indication that it was time to move on," Bevan said.^[9] Apart from coaching the Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League, Bevan now participates in the Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series for Australia. On January, 2011, Bevan was announced the coach for Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab.^[10]

Personal life

He married his English wife Tracy in 1994. Tracy Bevan currently (2014) works for the McGrath Foundation.

Statistics

Michael Bevan's Test career batting performance.

Histogram of batting averages highlighting Bevan's ODI record

References

1 2 Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002.
↑ Cricket Archive
↑ "HowSTAT! Batting Averages (ODI)". Howstat.com.au. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
↑ "HowSTAT! Player Analysis by Batting Position (ODI)". Howstat.com. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
↑ "HowSTAT! Batting Statistics (ODI)". Howstat.com.au. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
↑ Cricket Archive
↑ Australia v West Indies – WSC 95/96 Match 5 – Bevan's Match : Online Video | Veoh Video Network
↑ "Bevan pulls stumps". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 January 2007.
↑ "Bevan named Kings XI Punjab coach". ESPNCricInfo. 5 January 2011.

External links

Batsmen with an ODI batting average above 40

Australia	Michael Bevan (53.58) Michael Hussey (48.15) Adam Voges (45.78) Dean Jones (44.61) Michael Clarke (44.58) Matthew Hayden (43.80) Ricky Ponting (42.03) George Bailey (41.63) Callum Ferguson (41.43) Damien Martyn (40.80) Shane Watson (40.54) Greg Chappell (40.18) Steve Smith (40.03)

England	Jonathan Trott (51.25) Joe Root (44.34) James Taylor (42.23) Kevin Pietersen (40.73) Nick Knight (40.41) Chris Broad (40.02)

India	Virat Kohli (51.51) MS Dhoni (51.25) Ambati Rayudu (45.33) Sachin Tendulkar (44.83) Shikhar Dhawan (43.97) Rohit Sharma (42.08) Sourav Ganguly (41.02)

New Zealand	Kane Williamson (47.00) Glenn Turner (47.00) Ross Taylor (43.90) Martin Guptill (43.25)

Pakistan	Zaheer Abbas (47.62) Misbah-ul-Haq (43.40) Haris Sohail (43.00) Mohammad Yousuf (41.71) Javed Miandad (41.70) Azhar Ali (41.63) Fawad Alam (40.25)

South Africa	AB de Villiers (54.56) Hashim Amla (52.13) Jacques Kallis (44.36) Quinton de Kock (42.94) Boeta Dippenaar (42.23) Lance Klusener (41.10) Gary Kirsten (40.95)

Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara (41.98)

West Indies	Viv Richards (47.00) Gordon Greenidge (45.03) Ramnaresh Sarwan (42.67) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (41.60) Desmond Haynes (41.37) Brian Lara (40.48)

Netherlands ^†	Ryan ten Doeschate (67.00) Tom Cooper (48.80)

Minimum 20 innings. Currently active players are listed in italics. ^† The Netherlands no longer have ODI playing status.

Australia squads

Australia squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup (runners-up)

1 Taylor (c) 2 Bevan 3 Fleming 4 Healy (wk) 5 Law 6 Lee 7 McDermott 8 McGrath 9 Ponting 10 Reiffel 11 Slater 12 Warne 13 M. Waugh 14 S. Waugh

Australia squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup (2nd title)

1 S. Waugh (c) 2 Bevan 3 Fleming 4 Reiffel 5 Warne 6 M. Waugh 7 Lee 8 Julian 9 Moody 10 Lehmann 11 McGrath 12 Gilchrist 13 Dale 14 Ponting 15 Martyn Coach: Marsh

Australia squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup (3rd title)

4 Gillespie 11 McGrath 12 Bevan 14 Ponting (c) 18 Gilchrist 25 Lehmann 28 Hayden 29 Harvey 30 Martyn 31 Hogg 34 Bichel 39 Symonds 43 Hauritz 46 Maher 58 Lee 59 Bracken Coach: Buchanan

Jason Gillespie, Shane Warne and Shane Watson were named in the original squad but withdrew from the tournament

Tasmania squad – 2004–05 ING Cup (2nd title)

MG Bevan TR Birt MG Dighton † MJ Di Venuto DJ Marsh * GJ Bailey LR Butterworth DG Wright SP Kremerskothen XJ Doherty DG Dawson † B Geeves AR Griffith Coach: Brian McFadyen

Tasmania squad – 2006–07 Pura Cup Winners (1st title)

1 DJ Anderson 2 GJ Bailey 3 M Bevan 4 TR Birt 5 LR Butterworth 6 SG Clingeleffer † 7 MG Dighton 8 MJ Di Venuto 9 XJ Doherty 10 BG Drew 11 B Geeves 12 AR Griffith 13 BW Hilfenhaus 14 JJ Krejza 15 DJ Marsh * 16 TD Paine † 17 RT Ponting 18 DG Wright Coach: Tim Coyle

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1950–51 to 1999–2000)

1950–51: Hassett 1951–52: Hassett 1952–53: Harvey 1953–54: McDonald 1954–55: Harvey 1955–56: Burke 1956–57: Pinch 1957–58: O'Neill 1958–59: May 1959–60: Simpson 1960–61: Simpson 1961–62: Simpson 1962–63: Barrington 1963–64: Simpson 1964–65: Trimble 1965–66: Lawry 1966–67: Favell 1967–68: Simpson 1968–69: I. Chappell 1969–70: G. Chappell 1970–71: Richards 1971–72: I. Chappell 1972–73: Sheahan 1973–74: G. Chappell 1974–75: G. Chappell 1975–76: G. Chappell 1976–77: Hookes 1977–78: Ogilvie 1978–79: Border 1979–80: G. Chappell 1980–81: G. Chappell 1981–82: Wessels 1982–83: Hookes 1983–84: Yallop 1984–85: Wessels 1985–86: Border 1986–87: Marsh 1987–88: Boon 1988–89: Taylor 1989–90: Taylor 1990–91: Law 1991–92: Jones 1992–93: Hayden 1993–94: Bevan 1994–95: Jones 1995–96: Lehmann 1996–97: Cox 1997–98: Hills 1998–99: Blewett 1999–2000: Lehmann

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

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