Michael Bevan

Michael Bevan

Personal information
Full name	Michael Gwyl Bevan
Born	(1970-05-08) 8 May 1970 (age 54) Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory
Nickname	Bevo
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm wrist spin
Role	Batter
International information
National side	Australia (1994–2004)
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.	12
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989/90	South Australia
1990/91–2003/04	New South Wales
1995–1996	Yorkshire
1998–2000	Sussex
2002	Leicestershire
2004	Kent
2004/05–2005/06	Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA 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 0 1 0 Best bowling 6/82 3/36 6/82 5/29 Catches/stumpings 8/– 69/– 122/– 128/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Australia ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1999 England-Wales -Ireland-Scotland-Netherlands Winner 2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya Runner-up 1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2008

Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970) is a former Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left arm wrist-spin bowler. He has been credited for initiating the art of finishing matches. For several years, he was considered the world's finest ODI batsman, and topped the ICC ODI batting rankings on numerous occasions. He was the first Canberra-born player to represent Australia at international level. He was known for his ability to run between the wickets, score at a quick rate, rotate the strike, and for his ability to play shots down the ground with ease. He played 232 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia, and was a part of the Australian squads which won the 1999 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He represented Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where cricket was included in the Commonwealth Games for the first time, and won a silver medal with his national side.

He was an Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989.^[1]

Bevan amassed 15,103 runs in List A cricket at an average of 57.86, which is the highest average by any player to have scored 10,000 runs in List A cricket.^[2] He was named as a batsman in Australia's "greatest ever ODI team."^[3]