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Ian Joseph Harvey

Foward to Brett Lee



Born: 10 April 1972, Wonthaggi, Vic
Major Teams: Australia, Victoria, Gloucestershire.
Nickname: Known As: Ian Harvey
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
ODI Debut: Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Carlton & United Series, 1997/98


Statistical Record:

TESTS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting               0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -  -

                     Balls    M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling                  0    -     -   -    -     -     -  -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 16/04/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50  Ct St
Batting              16   13   3   169   43   16.90  76.12   -   -   6  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              112.2    3   527   8  65.87  3-17   -  -  84.2  4.69

FIRST-CLASS
 (last updated 02/08/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting              72  123   9  3289  136   28.85   4  20   52  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling             1876.5  489  5504 181  30.40  7-44   7  -  62.2  2.93


2000 ENGLISH FIRST-CLASS

Batting               M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
All First-class       8   12   1   325   79   29.54   -   3    7  -
County Championship   8   12   1   325   79   29.54   -   3    7  -

Bowling                O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
All First-class      216.2   66   603  29  20.79  6-100  2  -  44.7  2.78
County Championship  216.2   66   603  29  20.79  6-100  2  -  44.7  2.78

2000 ENGLISH ONE-DAY

Batting               M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
National League      10   10   1   213   58*  23.66   -   2    3  -
Benson & Hedges Cup   3    2   0   123   88   61.50   -   1    -  -
NatWest Trophy        4    4   0    62   32   15.50   -   -    3  -

Bowling                O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
National League       79.2    9   267  20  13.35  5-33   1  1  23.8  3.36
Benson & Hedges Cup   29.2    3    95   9  10.55  5-34   -  1  19.5  3.23
NatWest Trophy        38      8   137  11  12.45  4-37   2  -  20.7  3.60

Profile:

Gifted but nevertheless aberrant in talent, Ian Harvey is an all-rounder who has represented Victoria, Gloucestershire and various Australian sides since the time of his first class debut in 1993/94. Not especially tall, he is a medium pace bowler, an attacking middle order batsman, and an enthusiastic fieldsman. As a bowler, his main assets are skidding bounce and an almost always deceptive slower ball; as a batsman, he has a noted weakness against spin and he never looks the most elegant player but he is ruthlessly aggressive and in fact holds the record for the second fastest fifty ever made in domestic one-day cricket. Following sound performances at the State level, Harvey received a call up to the Australian ODI side in 1997/98 and acquitted himself creditably without ever being able to cement a permanent berth. His attempts to secure what was the then unfilled all-rounder's spot in the national lineup were also compromised by his axing from the Victorian side later the same season and, even though the omission was not a lengthy one, he has duly rarely donned his county's colours again since. Not surprisingly, Harvey was understood to have been especially disappointed by his exclusion from Australia's 1999 World Cup squad. In many ways, it will likely be the extent to which he is able to convert that disappointment into consistently impressive performances for Victoria over coming seasons which will determine his ultimate fate as a cricketer.

(John Polack, November 1999)



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