michael bevan Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
michael bevan is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Michael Gwyl Bevan
Born
May 08, 1970, Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory
Age
53 years old
Nicknames
Bevo
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Wrist spin
Playing Role
Batter
Height
1.8 m
Other
Coach
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 18 | 232 | - | - |
Inn | 30 | 196 | - | - |
Runs | 785 | 6912 | - | - |
Avg | 29.07 | 53.17 | - | - |
SR | 39.81 | 74.16 | - | - |
HS | 91 | 108 | - | - |
NO | 3 | 66 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 6 | - | - |
50s | 6 | 46 | - | - |
4s | 89 | 450 | - | - |
6s | 1 | 21 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 18 | 232 | - | - |
Inn | 21 | 67 | - | - |
Balls | 1285 | 1966 | - | - |
Runs | 703 | 1655 | - | - |
Wkt | 29 | 36 | - | - |
BBI | 82 / 6 | 36 / 3 | - | - |
BBM | 113 / 10 | 36 / 3 | - | - |
Eco | 3.28 | 5.05 | - | - |
Avg | 24.24 | 45.97 | - | - |
5W | 1 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 1 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Chennai Superstars
- Kent
- Leicestershire
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Sussex
- Tasmania
- Yorkshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
A natural athlete with an extremely enviable fitness to boot, Bevan loved to work the ball into gaps as he pinched quick singles and stole the second run when there was none. When the bad ball did present itself, he did latch onto those as well to further frustrate the opposition. Above all, the man had a great temperament and incredible amount of self-confidence which was key to his success. Having burst into the international scene in 1994, Bevan's priceless credentials were seen instantly by the Australian think tank who used him as a floater in the middle order in the years to come. The conditions never really deterred the southpaw who was equally adept at handling both the pacers and spinners. Although unorthodox in his approach and methods, he was mighty effective.
Bevan often provided the ideal final flourish to the innings with his calculated assaults but also had this enviable skill of churning out miracles when the team was down and out. Who can forget his heroics against the West Indies in 1995 or those invaluable knocks in the 2003 World Cup. Even between these two, there were loads of similar matchwinning knocks where had pulled the rabbit out of the hat for Australia many a time. Bevan had a unique ability to bat with the lower order and this boosted his credentials, especially in tense run chases. Except his last year in international cricket in 2004, Bevan never really had an off season with the bat. Such was his consistency that he held the highest ODI batting average at the time of his exit (for those who batted at least 50 times).
Of course, Bevan's average did get boosted by the not outs but that is the other point about the great man. More than one-thirds of his innings, he remained undefeated and ensured that he did his job efficiently. That's a staggering stat in itself. Only when India's MS Dhoni (who debuted the same year when Bevan last played) happened, did the Australian's feats and aura get challenged considerably. Being a part of successive World Cup winning squads in 1999 and 2003 was obviously among the highlights of Bevan's career. It wouldn't be wrong to say that a match featuring Australia was never dead till he got out, for such was his skill in turning the tables from the least hopeful situations.
Bevan's unbelievable success in limited-overs did earn him a Test career that was quite brief due to his inability to handle the short ball. Some felt it was just a mental issue because the same deliveries were being dispatched by him in ODIs. The bottomline though, was that Bevan's Test career never really took off. Nevertheless, he was a legend in ODI cricket and despite his unassuming nature, he shone brightly during Australia's dominance as an ODI outfit. After being dropped in 2004, Bevan resorted to his bat doing the talking in the domestic circuit in a bid to make a comeback. Age was catching up though, so were injuries and when even his best ever white-ball domestic season was ignored, the writing was on the wall.
Eventually, the man from Canberra called it quits in 2007. He did play a part in the rebel Indian Cricket League after retiring from all forms of the game in 2006. Bevan's contribution to Australia's limited-overs glory days can never really put in words. The impact he created and the heights that he conquered were such that only Michael Hussey came close for Australia in the years to come. Australia have lacked a consistently reliable finisher over the last few years and this seemingly perennial problem has been one of their biggest issues in white-ball cricket of late. Goes to show the value Bevan provided in his heydays. It's unlikely that Australian cricket will ever see another Michael Bevan.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Regularly dubbed the world's best limited-overs batsman, Michael Bevan continued his prolific ways when his international career closed at the end of the 2003-04 season. An essential part of the one-day outfit for a decade, especially when orchestrating calm chases in crises that often ended in last-over or last-ball heroics, he was cut from the contract list with two World Cup wins and kitbags full of highlights. He will long be remembered for his pair of sensational innings against West Indies at Sydney in 1996 and New Zealand at Melbourne in 2002, when nerveless batting and juggling of the tail secured nail-biting victories. Picking the gaps, running hard and knowing the right moment - and place - to hit a boundary were the hallmarks of his success. He was also a fine fieldsman and his left-arm wrist spin, which swung from erratic to more than useful, added to his lure and allowed him to play Tests as a batting allrounder.
Bevan enjoyed a promising start to his Test career with 82 in his debut innings and another two half-centuries in his first series against Pakistan in 1994-95, but he managed only a stop-start four-year campaign and was hindered by an inability to play the short ball at the highest level, which was strange as he had few problems with it in Australian or English domestic cricket. He never made a century, although he was twice unbeaten in the 80s when batting down the order and running out of partners against West Indies, who he upset with 15 wickets in the 1997-98 series. After that his Test career slid, but while he lost his baggy green he worked on making unforgettable memories in the green and gold one-day uniform, finishing with 232 appearances and a phenomenal average of 53.58 that was boosted by six centuries, 46 fifties and 67 not outs.
Born in Canberra, Bevan made his first-class debut in 1989-90 in South Australian colours, hitting a thrilling century in his first innings, before the completion of a 12-month stint at the Academy led to a move back to New South Wales. It was in Sydney that he began to make his greatest strides as a player, quickly assuming a regular middle-order berth in the strongest state team in the country and, aside from a poor run in 1992-93 which resulted in a brief omission, using it as a launching pad to the national team. Shortly after being cut by the Australian selectors - Trevor Hohns said his "contribution to the one-day side had decreased" - he signed a two-year deal with Tasmania and proved his days of domination were not finished when he struck a domestic record 1464 runs in the Pura Cup, including eight centuries. He was named the Pura Cup Player of the Year and his Bradmanesque scoring achieved an average of 97.60, but there was no return to the international arena and no sign of him being included for the 2007 World Cup. After a disrupted summer following a knee operation, he made brief appearances for Tasmania in 2005-06 and 2006-07. However, his body was struggling - he also suffered hip and heel problems in his last three years - and he retired in January 2007.
Cricinfo staff July 2007