Gregory Scott Blewett was born on 29 October 1971 and is an Australian international retired cricketer who played Test cricket and One-Day Internationals between 1995 and 2000.
17 Facts About Greg Blewett
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The son of Bob Blewett who represented South Australia in the 1970s, Blewett was born in Adelaide.
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Greg Blewett was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1990.
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Greg Blewett followed that with a century in the WACA Ground in Perth during his second match and scored a century at Edgbaston in England in 1997 thus scoring three centuries in his first three Ashes Test matches.
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Greg Blewett represented the national team in One Day International matches.
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Greg Blewett was particularly strong square of the wicket, which was rewarded on his home ground, the Adelaide Oval, where the square boundaries are shorter.
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Greg Blewett has been dismissed in the past by several spin bowlers, including the former Pakistan and Indian spinners, Mushtaq Ahmed and Anil Kumble.
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Greg Blewett was unable to pick which way Mushtaq's deliveries were turning and was continuously dismissed in the tournament by being declared Leg before wicket or being bowled, either playing down the wrong line or not offering shot to a googly that turned into his stumps.
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Greg Blewett was replaced by Ricky Ponting, but in 1996 he regained his batting position after Ponting himself had fallen upon hard times.
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Greg Blewett then performed well with the bat, until the 1998 tour to India, where he struggled against Kumble and he was dropped in favour of Justin Langer.
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However, upon the retirement of captain Mark Taylor in 1999, Greg Blewett was selected to become an opening batsman, until he was dropped from the Australian team in favour of Matthew Hayden in early 2000 after a period of poor performances, which ended his international career.
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Greg Blewett retired from professional cricket in 2006 when he played his last match in First-class cricket and One Day Domestic matches against Queensland and Tasmania.
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Since retiring from professional cricket, Greg Blewett has pursued a commentating career.
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In December 2013, Greg Blewett became a member of the Fairfax Radio Network commentary team that broadcast selected Test matches, One Day Internationals, the Big Bash League and T20 International matches on network stations including 3AW Melbourne, 2UE Sydney, 4BC Brisbane, 6PR Perth and on digital radio.
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Greg Blewett was named fielding consultant of Australia for the one-day tri-series in Zimbabwe and for their matches against Pakistan in the UAE in 2014.
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Greg Blewett completed a level three coaching accreditation in 2014 and worked with Australia A and the National Performance Squad at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Brisbane.
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Greg Blewett remarried with his second wife Katheryn Raptopoulos in 2014 and they have a son.