Born: 8 May 1970, Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory
Major Teams: South Australia, New South Wales, Yorkshire,
Sussex, Leicestershire, Australia.
Known As: Michael Bevan
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Chinaman
Test Debut:
Australia v Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1994/95
Latest Test:
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, 2nd Test, 1997/98
ODI Debut:
Australia v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Australasia Cup, 1993/94
Latest ODI:
Australia v India at Johannesburg, World Cup, 2002/03
First-class Debut:
South Australia v Western Australia at Perth, 1989/90
List A Debut:
South Australia v new South Wales at Adelaide, 1989/90
Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 1989
South Australia 1989/90
New South Wales 1990/91 to present
Yorkshire 1995 to 1996
Sussex 1998, 2000
New South Wales Blues Player of the Year 2000-01
Club: Manly-Warringah
TESTS
(including 02/01/1998)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 18 30 3 785 91 29.07 39.80 0 6 8 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 214.1 30 703 29 24.24 6-82 1 1 44.3 3.28
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 23/03/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 205 173 60 6176 108* 54.65 73.86 6 41 65 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 327.4 4 1655 36 45.97 3-36 0 0 54.6 5.05
FIRST-CLASS
(1989/90 - 2002/03; last updated 08/04/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 211 351 62 16441 203* 56.88 57 72 115 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1419.2 216 5182 115 45.06 6-82 1 1 74.0 3.65
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1989/90 - 2002/03; last updated 07/04/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 377 339 111 13402 157* 58.78 12 105 118 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 588 10 3076 93 33.07 5-29 0 1 37.9 5.23
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
As well as being a fine fieldsman and an underestimated left arm wrist spinner, Michael Bevan is one of Australia's most exciting and skilful strokeplayers. A left hander who places a higher price on his wicket than most batsmen, he is also a lightning-fast runner between the wickets with an amazing capacity to scamper ones and twos successfully.
Born in Canberra, Bevan made his first-class debut in 1989-90 in South Australian colours (hitting a thrilling century in his very first innings) before the completion of a 12-month stint at the Australian Cricket Academy led to a move back to New South Wales the following year. It was in Sydney that he began to make his greatest strides as a player, quickly assuming a regular middle order berth in the then strongest state team in the country and - aside from a poor run in 1992-93 which resulted in a brief omission from the ranks - using it as a launching pad from which he gained an Australian cap for the first time in 1993-94.
Variously dubbed the world's best limited-overs batsman, it is for his uncanny knack of being able to work the ball into even the narrowest of gaps in the field; to see many innings through to their conclusion without losing his wicket; and to accumulate runs with a minimum of fuss, for which he has essentially become best known.
An integral member of the Australian one-day team for a considerable time now, he was a part of the country's victorious 1999 World Cup side and has been a key factor behind innumerable international wins. He will long be remembered, in particular, for his pair of sensational match-winning innings against West Indies at Sydney in 1996 and New Zealand at Melbourne in 2002. Bevan also enjoyed a promising start to his Test career but the development of a perception that he has a weakness against well directed short-pitched bowling has ensured that he has made far less appearances in that arena. (John Polack, June 2002)