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	Rory Ervine (father) Neil Ervine (uncle) Craig Ervine (brother) Ryan Ervine
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 57)	May 22, 2003 v England
Last Test	March 1, 2004 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 67)	October 10, 2001 v England
Last ODI	March 14, 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 42 181 225 Runs scored 261 698 8,730 5,247 Batting average 32.62 25.85 35.34 31.04 100s/50s 0/3 1/2 14/47 7/21 Top score 86 100 237* 167* Balls bowled 570 1,649 18,178 7,357 Wickets 9 41 259 203 Bowling average 43.11 38.07 41.36 33.85 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/– 150/– 62/–
Source: cricinfo, August 31, 2014

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

He played in the 2003 World Cup but became one of the cricketers who rebelled against the Zimbabwe Cricket Union and a left the country in May 2004 for a new life in Australia. He subsequently made his way to England settled with Hampshire and forged a very successful county career signing a contract until the end of 2016.

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. He was member of the 2003 World Cup squad and an ever-present during the England tour later that year, he had begun to show signs that he was maturing into a genuine international player with his last three Test innings all half-centuries 53 against Australia, and 86 and 74 against Bangladesh.

He also played 42 one-day internationals, aggregating 698 runs at nearly 26, and taking 41 wickets. Arguably his best moment in international cricket came in the VB Series against India in 2003/04 when he struck a superb 100 and nearly pulled off an incredible run-chase at Adelaide Oval.^[6]

But he was one of the 15 rebel cricketers in dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union^[7] and in May 2004 he slipped out of Zimbabwe to start a new life in Australia.^[8][9][10]

It seemed he would make an unlikely comeback for Zimbabwe at the 2011 World Cup when he was named in their squad for the tournament. But weeks before the team departed for India, Ervine re-thought his decision and pulled out opting for the safety of a county contract rather the uncertainty that would come with returning to the country of his birth.^[11][12]

Family

Ervine's brother, Craig Ervine is also a Test cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Midlands, Southern Rocks. He is also brother-in-law for Shaun Marsh

ODI Century

Sean Ervine's ODI Centuries[13]
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	102	26	India	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	2004	Lost

References

External links

• Sean Ervine at Cricinfo
• Sean Ervine at CricketArchive

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

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