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Full name Gavin Ron Robertson
Born May 28, 1966, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 42 years 103 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales,Tasmania
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
Tests
4
7
0
140
57
20.00
415
33.73
0
1
15
1
1
0
ODIs
13
7
4
45
15
15.00
55
81.81
0
0
2
0
3
0
First-class
58
84
13
1658
99
23.35
0
6
30
0
List A
64
35
15
284
34*
14.20
0
0
18
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
7
898
515
13
4/72
5/86
39.61
3.44
69.0
1
0
0
ODIs
13
13
597
430
8
3/29
3/29
53.75
4.32
74.6
0
0
0
First-class
58
11416
5317
127
6/54
41.86
2.79
89.8
6
0
List A
64
2970
2039
58
4/46
4/46
35.15
4.11
51.2
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Australia at Chennai, Mar 6-10, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, Oct 22-26, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (PSS), Sep 13, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v New Zealand at Sharjah, Apr 21, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1987/88 - 1999/00
List A span
1987/88 - 1999/00
Profile
The term "roller-coaster career" would probably rarely be more applicable to
a player in first-class cricket than Sydney-born offspinner Gavin Robertson. After initially fighting a losing campaign to gain full recognition from the New South Wales selectors, Robertson's career essentially took off in Tasmania, to where he relocated at the start of the 1989-90 season. It was there that he established for himself his reputation as an accurate finger-spinner with a penchant for bowling tightly over sustained periods. On Tasmania's generally batsman-friendly pitches, he never produced quite the rush of wickets for which he was truly hoping; what such surfaces did afford him the chance to do though was emphasise his determination and his complementary talents as a fine lower-order batsman. Following a return to New South Wales in 1991-92, the regular berth in the Blues' squad which had previously eluded him did ultimately beckon. This brought with it a string of further rewards for a time, including an appearance in two Mercantile Mutual Cup-winning sides and one triumphant Sheffield Shield team. It even resulted in call-ups to the national team for four Tests and a string of one-day international tournaments during the late 1990s. But, although his offspinning skills reflected incremental improvement, he continued to wage a tough battle to retain his spot in his state's first eleven for much of the period. All the while, a burgeoning career in the Sydney sporting media illustrated signs of filling the breach.
John Polack
