Gavin Robertson

Gavin Robertson
Personal information
Full name	Gavin Ron Robertson
Born	28 May 1966 (age 57); St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	The Riddler
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia;
Test debut (cap 375)	6 March 1998 v India
Last Test	22 October 1998 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 119)	13 September 1994 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	21 April 1998 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
1987/88–1999/89	New South Wales
1989/90–1990/91	Tasmania
1991/92–1999/00	New South Wales
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2005

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Gavin Ron Robertson (born 28 May 1966) is a former Australian cricketer. He was a right-handed offbreak bowler and a lower-order batsman.

Career[edit]

Robertson made his debut for the New South Wales Blues in 1987. Two seasons later he moved to Tasmania in search of more playing time. He moved back to New South Wales after 2 seasons with the Tigers and was part of the successful 1992–93 Sheffield Shield-winning team. He retired in 2000.

Robertson made his Test debut for Australia in March 1998 against India in Chennai. He claimed 5 wickets in total. In Australia's first innings, by scoring 57, he shared a 96 runs partnership with Ian Healy for the 9th wicket to help the Australians for taking first innings lead. However, a Sachin Tendulkar century helped the Indians to post a match winning total in the second Innings.^[1]

Robertson currently hosts Talkin Sport on 2SM. He is also a regular panelist of Fox Sports program Bill & Boz.

Personal life[edit]

Robertson is a member of the band Six & Out with four former New South Wales teammates. He plays the drums and supplies backing vocals. In May 2019 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.^[2]

References[edit]

↑ India v Australia, 6–10 Mar 1998
↑ "Gavin Robertson battling aggressive brain cancer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

External links[edit]

Gavin Robertson at ESPNcricinfo

[1] India v Australia, 6–10 Mar 1998

[2] "Gavin Robertson battling aggressive brain cancer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

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