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Michael Di Venuto

Australia

Full name Michael James Di Venuto

Born December 12, 1973, Hobart, Tasmania

Current age 35 years 345 days

Major teams Australia, Australia A, Derbyshire, Derbyshire 2nd XI, Durham, Northern Territory Cricket Association Invitation XI, Sussex, Sussex 2nd XI, Tasmania

Nickname Diva

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium, Legbreak googly

Height 1.80 m

Education St Virgil's College, Hobart

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	9	9	0	241	89	26.77	281	85.76	0	2	28	0	1
First-class	298	528	38	22751	254*	46.43			53	134			349
List A	295	289	18	8948	173*	33.01			15	45			120
Twenty20	46	44	4	951	95*	23.77	754	126.12	0	7	131	8	10

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	298		807	484	5	1/0		96.80	3.59	161.4		0	0
List A	295		200	181	5	1/10	1/10	36.20	5.43	40.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	46	5	78	88	5	3/19	3/19	17.60	6.76	15.6	0	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	South Africa v Australia at East London, Mar 29, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Dec 17, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1991/92
Last First-class	Worcestershire v Durham at Worcester, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1992/93
Last List A	Sussex v Durham at Hove, May 11, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Lancashire v Durham at Manchester, Jun 4, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Michael Di Venuto shot into the Australian one-day team as an opener with his brutal stroke-play that was a precursor to Adam Gilchrist's dominance, but he couldn't sustain the devastation and was dropped in the same year he got promoted. Following his international days in 1997, which included two half-centuries, he continued to be a prolific and record-breaking player for Tasmania. Di Venuto saved his best two state seasons for his final campaigns. In 2006-07 he compiled his best collection in an Australian domestic season and his 961 Pura Cup runs at 53.38 put him third in the competition that summer. The highlight was finally being part of a state first-class triumph - Di Venuto was the only member of the winning team to have played in all three of Tasmania's lost deciders - and he contributed a handy 64 in the second innings. He was just as good in 2007-08, when his 947 runs at 52.61 came in a struggling team, and he left a big hole in the Tigers' batting department when he announced he was retiring to focus on his new three-year county deal with Durham.

Di Venuto made his state debut as a teenager in 1991-92 and played many outstanding top-order innings, but none was more impressive than his glorious 189 in the 1997-98 Sheffield Shield final. When he departed the Australian domestic scene he was Tasmania's leading one-day run-scorer, was second to Jamie Cox on the state's lists of Pura Cup-Sheffield Shield appearances and runs scored, and owned the most half-centuries in Pura Cup-Sheffield Shield history. A fearsome player of the hook, pull and square cut, he is a dashing left-hander who has excited English fans during regular stints with Derbyshire and Durham.
Cricinfo staff September 2008