ian harvey Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ian harvey is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ian Joseph Harvey
Born
April 10, 1972, Wonthaggi, Victoria
Age
51 years old
Nicknames
Harvs, Freak
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Allrounder
Height
1.72 m
Education
Wonthaggi Technical College
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 73 | - | - |
Inn | - | 51 | - | - |
Runs | - | 715 | - | - |
Avg | - | 17.88 | - | - |
SR | - | 88.16 | - | - |
HS | - | 48 | - | - |
NO | - | 11 | - | - |
100s | - | 0 | - | - |
50s | - | 0 | - | - |
4s | - | 65 | - | - |
6s | - | 8 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 73 | - | - |
Inn | - | 70 | - | - |
Balls | - | 3279 | - | - |
Runs | - | 2577 | - | - |
Wkt | - | 85 | - | - |
BBI | - | 16 / 4 | - | - |
BBM | - | 16 / 4 | - | - |
Eco | - | 4.72 | - | - |
Avg | - | 30.32 | - | - |
5W | - | 0 | - | - |
10W | - | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- MW Harvey
- Australia
- Cape Cobras
- Chennai Superstars
- Derbyshire
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- ICL World XI
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Northamptonshire
- Victoria
- Yorkshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
It won't be wrong to say that the best memories created by Harvey in national colors were with the ball. Although he was only military medium pace at his best, he could be deceptive especially with his skiddy bouncers and slower balls that worked many a time on sluggish surfaces. Although his bowling could be said to be tailored for white-ball cricket, the fact that his kind of player required better skills meant that Harvey never got a consistent run in the national side. At times his little cameos were priceless but the lack of consistency was a problem. Nevertheless, Harvey had the opportunity to be the part of a World Cup winning squad in 2003, as a replacement for Shane Watson who missed the tournament due to injury.
Since 2004, Harvey never played international cricket again but continued to be an active figure on the domestic front. He involved himself with County cricket where he had started from 1999 itself and was one of the most influential figures in Gloucestershire's rise as a trophy-winning side over the years. When the trend-setting T20 format came about in England, Harvey hammered the first century and he repeated this feat another two more times as well. He also spent time in the South African domestic circuit where was involved not only as a player but also as a coach and at times, commentator. The growth of T20 leagues saw him get a lot of opportunities and his best performances came in the rebel Indian Cricket League where he was the Man of the Tournament in Chennai's title winning season in 2008.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Ian Harvey possesses one of the wickedest slower balls in the business, a gift that has earned him messiah-like status in English domestic ranks but gone largely unrecognised back home. In 73 one-day internationals, accumulated in ten countries across seven years, he has never hit a half-century nor taken a five-for, nor truly guaranteed himself a regular spot in pyjamas. He clubs a few runs here and nails the odd wicket there while going for around five an over, which is better than it sounds given that he bowls always in the rush hour. In England, however, Harvey's handy yorker, shock bumper, skidding bounce and flotilla of slower variations have earned him nationwide esteem. He has been instrumental in turning perennial stragglers Gloucestershire, who have never won a County Championship, into the nation's one-day wonders. Five years of hard winter yakka culminated in him being named one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year in 2004. David Foot, seldom prone to hyperbole, concluded: "Few imports have ever been so influential." Almost as an aside, Harvey is a heavy-hitting lower-order bat who in 2003 became the first centurion in England's revolutionary Twenty20 Cup.
Harvey took up cricket at 14 and a few summers later found himself at the Academy, where he was dubbed "The Freak". He finally lived up to that nickname in 2003's TVS Cup final, materialising from nowhere to take 4 for 21 and puncture a promising Indian run-chase. A useful spare-parts man in the 2003 World Cup, he was dumped for the final. He lost his one-day spot in 2004 and left behind international cricket to settle overseas, playing county cricket and also having a season in South Africa with Cape Cobras. However, his application for British Citizenship, to allow him to play for Derbyshire as a non-overseas player, hit a brick wall in 2007 due to a drink-driving conviction and he faced up to the prospect of an early end to his career. With nowhere to go, Harvey signed on with the unofficial Indian Cricket League's Chennai franchise, the Superstars, and played a starring role (he was Player of the Series) in the team's lifting of the inaugural Twenty20 title. Harvey returned for a second season as well and continued to shine with bat and ball.
Christian Ryan March 2008