Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970,[1] Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory)

is a former Australian left-handed cricket batsman and a slow left arm chinaman
bowler. He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989.[2]
He played 232 ODI matches for Australia, and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 tea
ms that won the World Cup. He was known as a "finisher" for Australia, particula
rly in ODIs, often leading the team to victory in the company of tail-enders.
He holds the world record One Day International batting average for retired play
ers of 53.58. In List A cricket as a whole, Bevan has an average of over 57, the
highest of any player to have scored 10,000 runs in List A games (second is Dea
n Jones, on 46.93).[3] Although Bevan played most of his domestic career for the
New South Wales Blues, he moved to the Tasmanian Tigers for the 200405 season, w
here he continued his successes up until his retirement in January 2007. He has
also played for South Australia and in England for Yorkshire,[1] Leicestershire
and Sussex. Michael Bevan's first senior club was Weston Creek Cricket Club in C
anberra.