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Full name Gavin Mackie Ewing
Born January 21, 1981, Harare
Current age 27 years 261 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Matabeleland,Zimbabwe Under-19s
Also known as Mackie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
6
0
108
71
18.00
174
62.06
0
1
14
1
1
0
ODIs
7
7
0
97
46
13.85
137
70.80
0
0
9
0
3
0
First-class
31
56
4
1960
212
37.69
4
12
14
0
List A
37
30
5
531
56*
21.24
0
3
12
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
5
426
260
2
1/27
1/46
130.00
3.66
213.0
0
0
0
ODIs
7
7
312
236
5
3/31
3/31
47.20
4.53
62.4
0
0
0
First-class
31
6631
3096
96
7/64
32.25
2.80
69.0
6
4
0
List A
37
1762
1240
33
3/18
3/18
37.57
4.22
53.3
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v Zimbabwe at Sydney, Oct 17-20, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Sep 13-16, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v England at Harare, Dec 1, 2004 scorecard
Border v Zimbabwe Under-23s at East London, Nov 3-5, 2005 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Eastern Province v Zimbabwe Under-23s at Port Elizabeth, Oct 30, 2005 scorecard
Profile
An offspinning allrounder, Gavin Ewing was called up for the 2003-04 Australia tour after impressing the selectors with his domestic form. He had also been selected in the national squad to play the touring Pakistanis in 2002-03 only nine months after making his first-class debut, but didn't play. Ewing comes from a keen cricketing family. His father represented Eastern Province and was a big factor in developing Ewing's bowling. In 1999, he played in the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka and finished in the top ten wicket-takers. He also played club cricket in England for two seasons, fulfilling all the credentials for a spot in the national academy - or so you would have thought. After two weeks there in 2001, he was thrown out by Dave Houghton for being unfit and overweight. Told to come back in better shape, he reapplied the following year, but was rejected. However, he made his mark elsewhere. In the Logan Cup, he scored 83 and 106 not out for Matabeleland against Mashonaland in 2002, and has since been a regular in the side. An aggressive middle-order batsman, he is more comfortable off the back foot, is a strong puller and hooker, and took 71 off Bangladesh in his second Test. As a bowler he does not spin the ball much, relying more on accuracy. He was one of the original 15 "rebels" who felkl out with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union in mid-2004, but settled his differences with the Board and returned to the national side when England toured in November. Freddie Auld December 2004
