Gavin Larsen
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| Gavin Larsen | ||||
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 8 | 121 | ||
| Runs scored | 127 | 629 | ||
| Batting average | 14.11 | 14.62 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 26* | 37 | ||
| Balls bowled | 1967 | 6368 | ||
| Wickets | 24 | 113 | ||
| Bowling average | 28.70 | 35.39 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 3/57 | 4/24 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 5/- | 23/- | ||
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Gavin Rolf Larsen (born 27 September 1962 in Wellington) is a former New Zealand cricketer who specialised in the art of economical bowling. He was known playfully by his team mates as "Big Gav", as mentioned in Danny Morrison's biography, Mad As I Wanna Be. He finished his career with an exceptional economy rate in ODI cricket of 3.76 - the norm is usually somewhere between 4 and 4.50 - in his 121 ODIs, stretching over a ten-year span.
He also played eight Tests with reasonable success, taking 24 wickets. However, as a useful batsman and handy bowler, he held a place in the one-day side and played a major part in New Zealand reaching the semi-final stage of the 1999 cricket World Cup.
Larsen earned his 100th ODI wicket in his home-town of Wellington, claiming the prize scalp of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
Unusually for a New Zealand player, he played his entire first-class career with one team, Wellington. He also captained the side in the 1994 Australasian Cup in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, where New Zealand reached the semi-finals of a six-team tournament.
Larsen is now a cricket TV commentator.
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