Full name John Michael Davison
Born May 9, 1970, Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Current age 38 years 3 days
Major teams Canada,South Australia,Victoria
Also known as Davo
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
25
25
1
693
111
28.87
639
108.45
1
5
77
19
12
0
First-class
51
78
7
1177
165
16.57
1
4
25
0
List A
62
60
4
1467
125
26.19
2
9
23
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
25
25
1201
836
31
3/15
3/15
26.96
4.17
38.7
0
0
0
First-class
51
10014
5063
111
9/76
45.61
3.03
90.2
5
1
List A
62
2770
2005
69
5/26
5/26
29.05
4.34
40.1
1
1
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Bangladesh v Canada at Durban, Feb 11, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
Canada v New Zealand at Gros Islet, Mar 22, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1995/96
Last First-class
Canada v Ireland at Leicester, May 22-23, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1995/96
Last List A
Canada v New Zealand at Gros Islet, Mar 22, 2007 scorecard
Profile
John Davison is a middle-order batsman and right-arm spinner who has been at the heart of the Canadian national side for almost a decade. Born in British Colombia, he moved to Australia as a child, playing grade cricket in Melbourne and attending the Australian Cricket Academy in 1993. he was a member of the Victoria state squad for several years but was unable to secure a regular first-team slot and after being released by them he joined South Australia in 2002-03. In 1999 he was approached to spend his off-season in Canada as a player-coach, and he was soon drafted into the national side. He played in the Canadian side that finished third in the 2001and 2005 ICC Trophies, but he hit the headlines in the 2003 World Cup when he stunned the West Indies with the fastest World Cup century in history, clubbing half a dozen sixes in a brilliant 111. He followed this up with the third-fastest World Cup fifty against New Zealand, making most runs and taking most wickets for Canada in the tournament. He was appointed Canada's captain in 2004 and the following year, in their first first-class match for more than half a century, he created history by taking 17 for 137, the best since Jim Laker in 1956, and hitting 84 as Canada beat USA by 104 runs in the Intercontinental Cup. He played his last game for South Australia in 2004-05 and since then has devoted his time to Canada. A bristling 52 from 31 balls against New Zealand in the 2007 World Cup underlined his class. Martin Williamson April 2007
