17 Facts About Sean Ervine

Sean Michael Ervine was born on 6 December 1982 and is a Zimbabwean former cricketer.

Sean Ervine was born at Harare in Zimbabwe and played for his country in the 2003 Cricket World Cup but became one of the cricketers who rebelled against the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, and left the country in May 2004 for a new life in Australia.

Sean Ervine subsequently made his way to England, playing for Hampshire County Cricket Club between 2005 and 2018.

Sean Ervine is currently playing for Minster Cricket Club.

Sean Ervine originally played for the short-lived CFX Academy team and then Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe.

Sean Ervine made his first-class cricket debut for CFX in the Logan Cup in March 2001.

Sean Ervine declared that he would not return to play for the Zimbabwean national side and, following excellent form for Hampshire and Western Australia, Sean Ervine announced that he would seek to qualify for either English or Australian international representation.

Sean Ervine retired from professional cricket towards the end of the 2018 English cricket season.

Sean Ervine was later a member of Hampshire's winning squad in the final as they defeated Sussex by six wickets.

Later in his career, Sean Ervine returned to Zimbabwean domestic cricket with the Southern Rocks in 2010 before going on to play for Mountaineers and Matabeleland Tuskers.

Sean Ervine made his debut for Zimbabwe in October 2001 in a One Day International against England.

Sean Ervine was a member of the 2003 World Cup squad and ever-present during the England tour later that year.

Sean Ervine had begun to show signs of maturing into a genuine international player with his last three Test innings all half centuries, 53 against Australia, and 86 and 74 against Bangladesh.

Sean Ervine played 42 one-day internationals, scoring a total of 698 runs at a batting average of nearly 26 and taking 41 wickets.

Batting with Stuart Carlisle, Sean Ervine contributed to what was Zimbabwe's highest partnership for any wicket in ODIs, putting on 202 runs between them.

Sean Ervine was one of the 15 rebel cricketers in dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union and left the country in 2004.

Sean Ervine's brother, Craig is a Zimbabwean international cricketer who has played Test, ODI and T20I matches for the country.