Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine

Sean Ervine (right) and Dominic Cork hold aloft the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy
Personal information
Full name	Sean Michael Ervine
Born	(1982-12-06) 6 December 1982 Harare, Zimbabwe
Nickname	"Siuc", "Slug"
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Craig Ervine (brother)
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 57)	22 May 2003 v England
Last Test	1 March 2004 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 67)	10 October 2001 v England
Last ODI	14 March 2004 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001	CFX Academy
2002–2004	Midlands
2005–present	Hampshire (squad no. 7)
2006–2008	Western Australia
2010	Southern Rocks
2010	Mountaineers
2011–2013	Matabeleland Tuskers
2012	Duronto Rajshahi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 42 168 218 Runs scored 261 698 8,139 5,103 Batting average 32.62 25.85 35.27 31.30 100s/50s 0/3 1/2 14/43 7/21 Top score 86 100 237* 167* Balls bowled 570 1,649 17,074 7,243 Wickets 9 41 243 202 Bowling average 43.11 38.07 41.65 33.41 5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 n/a Best bowling 4/146 3/29 6/82 5/50 Catches/stumpings 7/– 5/– 141/– 61/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 November 2013

Sean Michael Ervine (born 6 December 1982) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Ervine is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.

Domestic career

Ervine originally played for the Midlands cricket team in Zimbabwe.

Ervine was one of several cricketers in dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union in 2004, and he left the country to play for Hampshire in England and for Western Australia. Ervine declared that he would not return to play for Zimbabwe and following excellent form for Hampshire from 2005, and some recent breakthroughs for Western Australia, Ervine announced that he would seek to qualify for either English or Australian international representation.^[1] Ervine currently holds an Irish passport and therefore does not count as an overseas player in English county cricket.^[2]

During the 2009 County Championship season Ervine scored 832 runs at an average of 41.60, making him Hampshire's fourth highest run scorer in the competition.^[3][4] In the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy, Ervine scored his highest List-A score of 167* against Ireland. Ervine was later a member of Hampshire's winning squad in the final as they defeated Sussex by 6 wickets.

In February 2010, Ervine returned to the Zimbabwean domestic circuit with the Southern Rocks. On debut against the Mid West Rhinos, Ervine made scores of 208 and 160; scores which were his two highest in first-class cricket.^[5] He scored 237* against Somerset for Hampshire coming in at number 7 in the order later in 2010.

International career

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

Family

Ervine's brother, Craig Ervine has also played first-class cricket for Midlands, Southern Rocks and Zimbabwe.

References

External links

• Sean Ervine at Cricinfo
• Sean Ervine at CricketArchive

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup 2 Whittall 8 Vermeulen 9 Streak (c) 10 Wishart 14 Ervine 18 Friend 22 Ebrahim 27 Murphy 33 A. Flower 42 Marillier 44 Taibu 68 G. Flower 77 Olonga 79 Hondo 99 Blignaut Coach: Marsh Alistair Campbell and Stuart Matsikenyeri were named in the original squad but withdrew from the tournament

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup 1 Taylor 7 Price 14 Sibanda 19 Lamb 23 Panyangara 28 Mpofu 30 Cremer 44 Taibu 47 Chigumbura (c) 52 Utseya 72 Duffin 74 Coventry 77 C Ervine 86 Masakadza 91 Chakabva Coach: Butcher Sean Ervine, Tinotenda Mawoyo, Ed Rainsford and Sean Williams were named in the original squad but withdrew from the tournament