Ian Harvey
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Ian Joseph Harvey is an Australia
n cricket
er. He is an all-rounder
. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year
for 2004.
career with Victoria
in the Sheffield Shield in 1993 as an all-rounder. He was called up to the Australian one day cricket team
in 1997 and has played 73 One Day Internationals. Harvey bowls tightly at the end of games, equipped with a well disguised slower ball, as well as being a big hitting late order batsman, however he did not hit an ODI half-century.
in South Africa as a replacement for the injured Watson. He participated in their first group game of the tournament against Pakistan. He scored a more than a run-a-ball 24 supporting Andrew Symonds
who made a match-winning 143 not out. Defending 310, Harvey was the best bowler picking up 4 wickets as Australia won comfortably. Due to Symonds' innings, Harvey lost his place when Darren Lehmann
and Michael Bevan
returned from injury. He featured in one more group game against Netherlands in a game in which he did not bat but bowled and gained 3 more wickets. 7 wickets in 2 group games as Australia finished the group unbeaten qualifying for the Super Six stage. He played in the first Super Six game against Sri Lanka making a brief 5 not out at the end of Australia's innings. He did not take a wicket when he bowled but he was economical. Against New Zealand he failed with the bat making just 2 but he bowled economically again taking 1/11 in 6 overs. In the final Super Six stage against tournament surprise package Kenya he bowled tightly without reward and in the run chase of 175 after Australia stuttered, he and Symonds were involved together in a 50-run partnership as they saw Australia home carrying on their unbeaten run through the tournament, Harvey finishing on 24 not out. Because of an injury to Damien Martyn
, he played in the semi-final against Sri Lanka.
from 1999-2003 in the English County Championship
and domestic one day competitions . He was an integral part of the team that won a number of one day trophies, including four one day finals in a row. Harvey also scored the first Twenty20
cricket century in 2003, and has scored 3 T20 centuries in all. In 2004 he switched counties to play for Yorkshire
for whom he played until 2005.
For 2006, he returned to play for Gloucestershire in English County Championship and Victoria in the Pura Cup
. He signed to play for Derbyshire
in 2007, but did not play a full season as his clearance to play as an English-qualified player was not received from the Home Office
. Approval was delayed as a result of a drink-driving conviction, a decision which upset Derbyshire chief executive John Sears. Derbyshire allowed Harvey to play for Middleton Cricket Club for a weekend as a temporary replacement for their professional.
, where he also coached and commentated, sometimes doing two or all three at once.
format in 2003 scoring the first century, and has since scored three more T20 centuries. This record eventually led him to being picked to play in the first Indian Cricket League
competition in 2007 for Chennai Superstars
. He played in the Chennai team that won the inaugural league. He won both the man of the match award for the final and player of the tournament award.
Being a specialist Twenty20 player, he has signed short term deals especially for the Twenty20 with Hampshire Hawks in 2008 and Northamptonshire Steelbacks in 2009. On his debut for Northants, he scored 12 with the bat but starred with the ball taking 4-18 of 4 overs to help them to a 17 run win against Warwickshire Bears. Harvey contracted swine flu
which meant he could not play in the quarter finals which Northamptonshire won. He returned to play in the finals day of the competition.
In February 2010, Harvey signed to play T20 and first class matches for Zimbabwean franchise Southern Rocks
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is an all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season"...
for 2004.
Australian career
Harvey started his first-class cricketFirst-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career with Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
in the Sheffield Shield in 1993 as an all-rounder. He was called up to the Australian one day cricket team
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
in 1997 and has played 73 One Day Internationals. Harvey bowls tightly at the end of games, equipped with a well disguised slower ball, as well as being a big hitting late order batsman, however he did not hit an ODI half-century.
2003 ICC Cricket World Cup
He appeared for Australia in the 2003 World CupCricket World Cup
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...
in South Africa as a replacement for the injured Watson. He participated in their first group game of the tournament against Pakistan. He scored a more than a run-a-ball 24 supporting Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....
who made a match-winning 143 not out. Defending 310, Harvey was the best bowler picking up 4 wickets as Australia won comfortably. Due to Symonds' innings, Harvey lost his place when Darren Lehmann
Darren Lehmann
Darren Scott Lehmann is a former Australian cricketer, who made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005...
and Michael Bevan
Michael Bevan
Michael Gwyl Bevan is a former Australian left-handed cricket batsman and a slow left arm chinaman bowler. He played 232 ODI matches for Australia, and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 teams that won the World Cup...
returned from injury. He featured in one more group game against Netherlands in a game in which he did not bat but bowled and gained 3 more wickets. 7 wickets in 2 group games as Australia finished the group unbeaten qualifying for the Super Six stage. He played in the first Super Six game against Sri Lanka making a brief 5 not out at the end of Australia's innings. He did not take a wicket when he bowled but he was economical. Against New Zealand he failed with the bat making just 2 but he bowled economically again taking 1/11 in 6 overs. In the final Super Six stage against tournament surprise package Kenya he bowled tightly without reward and in the run chase of 175 after Australia stuttered, he and Symonds were involved together in a 50-run partnership as they saw Australia home carrying on their unbeaten run through the tournament, Harvey finishing on 24 not out. Because of an injury to Damien Martyn
Damien Martyn
Damien Richard Martyn is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the national team sporadically in 1992–1994 before becoming a regular ODI player in 1999–2000 and a regular Test player in 2001 until his retirement in late 2006...
, he played in the semi-final against Sri Lanka.
English career
Harvey played for GloucestershireGloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
from 1999-2003 in the English County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and domestic one day competitions . He was an integral part of the team that won a number of one day trophies, including four one day finals in a row. Harvey also scored the first Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
cricket century in 2003, and has scored 3 T20 centuries in all. In 2004 he switched counties to play for Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
for whom he played until 2005.
For 2006, he returned to play for Gloucestershire in English County Championship and Victoria in the Pura Cup
Pura Cup
The Sheffield Shield is the domestic cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during...
. He signed to play for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 2007, but did not play a full season as his clearance to play as an English-qualified player was not received from the Home Office
Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
. Approval was delayed as a result of a drink-driving conviction, a decision which upset Derbyshire chief executive John Sears. Derbyshire allowed Harvey to play for Middleton Cricket Club for a weekend as a temporary replacement for their professional.
South African career
For the 2005/06 season, Harvey played with the South African provincial side Nashua-Western Province BolandCape Cobras
The Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras often shortened to Cape Cobras or Cobras is the name used since the 2005–06 season by the combined Western Province and Boland first class cricket teams in South African domestic cricket. The joint Western Province and Boland team was named Western Province Boland for...
, where he also coached and commentated, sometimes doing two or all three at once.
Twenty20
Harvey excelled in the then-new Twenty20Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
format in 2003 scoring the first century, and has since scored three more T20 centuries. This record eventually led him to being picked to play in the first Indian Cricket League
Indian Cricket League
The Indian Cricket League was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India...
competition in 2007 for Chennai Superstars
Chennai Superstars
Chennai Superstars was one of the nine teams played in the defunct Indian Cricket League founded in 2007. The team is based in Chennai, coached by Michael Bevan and captained by Stuart Law, both reputed Australian cricketers....
. He played in the Chennai team that won the inaugural league. He won both the man of the match award for the final and player of the tournament award.
Being a specialist Twenty20 player, he has signed short term deals especially for the Twenty20 with Hampshire Hawks in 2008 and Northamptonshire Steelbacks in 2009. On his debut for Northants, he scored 12 with the bat but starred with the ball taking 4-18 of 4 overs to help them to a 17 run win against Warwickshire Bears. Harvey contracted swine flu
Swine flu
Swine influenza, also called pig influenza, swine flu, hog flu and pig flu, is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus or S-OIV is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs...
which meant he could not play in the quarter finals which Northamptonshire won. He returned to play in the finals day of the competition.
In February 2010, Harvey signed to play T20 and first class matches for Zimbabwean franchise Southern Rocks
Southern Rocks
The Southern Rocks is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in the Masvingo and Matabeleland South area. They play their home matches at Masvingo Sports Club in Masvingo.-Squad:...