Michael Bevan

For the scientist, see Michael W. Bevan. For the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, see Michael Bevan (lord lieutenant).

Michael Bevan
Personal information
Full name
Michael Gwyl Bevan
Born (1970-05-08) 8 May 1970 (age 54)
Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory
NicknameBevo
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm wrist spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 360)28 September 1994 v Pakistan
Last Test2 January 1998 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 116)14 April 1994 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI29 February 2004 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.12
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989/90South Australia
1990/91–2003/04New South Wales
1995–1996Yorkshire
1998–2000Sussex
2002Leicestershire
2004Kent
2004/05–2005/06Tasmania
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
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2008

Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970) is an Australian former international cricketer. He played as a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm wrist spin bowler. For several years, he was considered the world's finest One Day International batsman, and topped the International Cricket Council's batting rankings in the format on numerous occasions. He was the first Canberra-born player to represent Australia at international level. He played 232 ODIs for Australia, and was a part of the Australian squads which won the 1999 and 2003 Cricket World Cups. He represented Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where cricket was included in the Games for the first time.

Bevan was an Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989.[1] He scored a total of 15,103 runs in List A cricket at an average of 57.86 runs per innings. This is the highest batting average for any player who has scored more than 10,000 List A runs.[2] In 2007 he was named in Australia's greatest ODI team.[3]

Playing career

Michael Bevan's first senior club was Weston Creek Cricket Club in Canberra.[citation needed] He made his first-class debut during the 1989-90 domestic season for South Australia, scoring a century on debut against Western Australia.[4]

After a single season with South Australia, Bevan moved to play for New South Wales, where he spent the majority of his career.[4] He played in English Cpunty Cricket for Yorkshire,[5] Leicestershire, Sussex and Kent County Cricket Clubs.[4] After 14 seasons, he moved to play for Tasmania ahead of the 2004–05 season Sheffield Shield season, scoring a then-record 1,464 first-class runs in the season.[citation needed] He retired from cricket at the end of the 2006–07 season.[4]

ODI career

Histogram of batting averages highlighting Bevan's ODI record

He made his ODI debut on 14 April 1994 against Sri Lanka in the 1994 Austral-Asia Cup at Sharjah and was not required to bat as Australia chased down 155 comfortably with nine wickets to spare.[6] By the 1995–96 season, he became a regular in the side. 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". By the end of his ODI career, Bevan was known as the "Pyjama Picasso". During his ODI career, he managed to hit just 21 sixes in 232 ODI matches.[7] He batted 45 times in successful ODI run chases for Australia and out of those 45 outings, he remained unbeaten at the crease on 25 occasions.

One of his most famous "anchor" innings was in the New Year's Day One Day International at the Sydney Cricket Ground against the West Indies in 1996 during the Benson & Hedges World Series.[8] 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.[9][10] He was the second leading run scorer in the 1995/96 Benson & Hedges World Series only behind Mark Taylor with an aggregate of 389 runs in 10 innings at an average of 194.50, bolstered by eight not-outs in his 10 innings.[11]

He featured in his first World Cup tournament during the 1996 Cricket World Cup and played a crucial role to help Australia to reach the final of the tournament by scoring 69 runs in the semi-final clash against the West Indies, a match which is highly remembered and known due to the dramatic collapse of the West Indies in a low scoring run chase of 208.[12] He also played an important cameo of unbeaten 36 off 49 balls in the 1996 World Cup final which propelled Australia to a decent total of 241/7 on the board.[13] However, his efforts went in vain as Sri Lanka chased down 242 to win their maiden World Cup title.

He was selected to the Australian squad for the 50 over cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games where Australia became runners-up in the competition to South Africa.[14] He was a key member of the Australian side which lifted the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

On 8 April 2000, he played arguably the best knock of his career where he steered the mammoth epic run chase of 321 by scoring an unbeaten 185 off just 132 deliveries in an unofficial ODI held in Dhaka which almost guaranteed Rest of the World XI for an unlikely victory against the Asia XI.[15][16] Rest of the World XI at one stage were reeling at 7/196 in the 37th over[17] and was staring at a big defeat before Bevan came to the rescue who smashed 19 fours and five sixes to provide a glimmer of hope.[18] He alongside Andy Caddick put on a 119 run partnership for the eighth wicket which led to a great recovery for the chasing side. However, Rest of the World XI lost by just one run in the end despite the heroics of Bevan. Caddick was involved in a brainfade moment in the critical juncture of the match as he was run out on the penultimate delivery effectively denying Rest of the World XI a famous win given the circumstances on how the game had panned out. However, his knock of 185 not out could not be realised as Bevan's highest ODI or even List A score due to the fact that the match did not have any status as it was deemed as an unofficial ODI meaning the match does not even count as a List A match.[19]

In January 2002, he scored a crucial unbeaten 95 ball 102 in a match against New Zealand in a modest run chase of 246 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.[20] He arrived to the crease as he once again had to do the bulk of scoring runs after all familiar Aussie top-order collapse as Australia were reeling at 82/6 at one point to then reduced to 143/7.[21] His knock guaranteed Australia a thrilling two wicket win over New Zealand with three balls to spare.[22]

Bevan entered the 2003 Cricket 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 won 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

Michael Bevan's Test career batting performance.

Despite his ODI success, Bevan's Test career was not nearly as successful. Thought to be susceptible to short-pitched deliveries,[23] he had limited success as a Test batsman, with an average of only 29. He ended up his topsy-turvy Test career without a career century to his name. However he scored heavily in domestic first-class cricket for New South Wales, averaging almost 60 with the bat. He performed well during his limited time as a bowler in Test matches, with his bowling style of left-arm unorthodox spin, which included taking ten wickets in a Test match against the West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.

The retirement of Allan Border opened doors for his arrival to international cricket. He made his Test debut against Pakistan on 28 September 1994 as the 360th Test cap for Australia. He had a promising start to his Test career scoring 82 batting at no 5 on his debut in Australia's first innings and just fell short of 18 runs which would have brought him in an elite list of Test centurions on debut.[24] He continued his momentum in his debut Test series which was against Pakistan by making two more half-centuries. During the Test series against the West Indies in 1997-98, he showed his all-round prowess both with the bat and ball scoring two unbeaten 80s when batting down the order and often ran out of partners during the course of those knocks while also picking up 15 wickets.

He admitted that the reason why his Test career never really took off is mainly due to the psychological reasons and not the technical reasons.[23]

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.[25]

Post-playing career

Coaching

Apart from coaching the Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League, Bevan participated in the Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series for Australia. In January 2011, Bevan was announced the coach for Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab.[26]

Television

In 2020, Bevan was revealed to be the 'Hammerhead' in the second season of The Masked Singer Australia and was the second contestant eliminated, placing 11th overall.[27]

Professional career

Bevan later started a mortgage broking franchise and features on the Australian speaking circuit.[28][29]

References

  1. ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002.
  2. ^ "Records | List A matches | Batting records | Highest career batting average | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ^ Daily Times (28 February 2007). "Australia names greatest ODI team". Retrieved 1 March 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d Michael Bevan, CrcketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2024. (subscription required)
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd Match 1993/94 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  7. ^ "A tribute to the 'pyjama picassos'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  8. ^ From the Vault: Bevan becomes a hero, retrieved 1 May 2022
  9. ^ CricketArchive
  10. ^ Australia v West Indies – WSC 95/96 Match 5 – Bevan's Match : Online Video | Veoh Video Network
  11. ^ "Benson & Hedges World Series, 1995/96 Averages". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  12. ^ "RetroReport - Shane Warne conjures win out of nowhere as Australia sneak into final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Full Scorecard of Australia vs Sri Lanka Final 1995/96 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Australia Squad". Cricinfo.
  15. ^ Michael Bevan 185* vs ASIA XI - 2000 Dhaka, retrieved 1 May 2022
  16. ^ "Full Scorecard of Asia XI vs ROW XI 1999/00 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Asia vs ROWXI - 1999/00 at Dhaka". CricInfo. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Bevan's brilliance not enough in Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Michael Bevan 185*: What Could Have Been ODI Cricket's Greatest Innings Ever". Wisden. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  20. ^ Michael Bevan does it again, retrieved 1 May 2022
  21. ^ "Get a load of Bevan, Klusener and Dhoni". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Full Scorecard of New Zealand vs Australia 10th Match 2001/02 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  23. ^ a b "'My problems at Test level were psychological, not technical'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Full Scorecard of Australia vs Pakistan 1st Test 1994/95 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Bevan pulls stumps". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 January 2007.
  26. ^ "Bevan named Kings XI Punjab coach". ESPNCricInfo. 5 January 2011.
  27. ^ Whitehead, Mat (11 August 2020). "All The Clues From Episode 2 Of The Masked Singer 2020". 11 Play. Network Ten. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  28. ^ "Bevan pitches for mortgage business". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  29. ^ "Michael Bevan". Celebrity Speakers. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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