26 Facts About Michael Bevan

Michael Bevan played as a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm wrist spin bowler.

Michael Bevan was the first Canberra-born player to represent Australia at international level.

Michael Bevan played 232 ODIs for Australia, and was a part of the Australian squads which won the 1999 and 2003 Cricket World Cups.

Michael Bevan represented Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where cricket was included in the Games for the first time.

Michael Bevan scored a total of 15,103 runs in List A cricket at an average of 57.86 runs per innings.

Michael Bevan played in English County Cricket for Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Sussex and Kent County Cricket Clubs.

Michael Bevan 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.

Michael Bevan 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.

Michael Bevan 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.

Michael Bevan 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.

Michael Bevan was a key member of the Australian side which lifted the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

Michael Bevan's knock guaranteed Australia a thrilling two wicket win over New Zealand with three balls to spare.

Michael Bevan played his first game in the group stage against India.

Michael Bevan finished on 74 not out and Bichel 34 not out as Australia won in the final over.

Michael Bevan's 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.

Michael Bevan ended up his topsy-turvy Test career without a career century to his name.

Michael Bevan 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.

Michael Bevan made his Test debut against Pakistan on 28 September 1994 as the 360th Test cap for Australia.

Michael Bevan 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.

Michael Bevan continued his momentum in his debut Test series which was against Pakistan by making two more half-centuries.

Michael Bevan admitted that the reason why his Test career never really took off is mainly due to the psychological reasons and not the technical reasons.

On 17 January 2007, due to injuries Michael Bevan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

Apart from coaching the Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League, Michael Bevan participated in the Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series for Australia.

In January 2011, Michael Bevan was announced the coach for Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab.

In 2020, Michael 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.

Michael Bevan later started a mortgage broking franchise and features on the Australian speaking circuit.