Gavin Larsen
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Gavin Rolf Larsen is a former New Zealand
cricket
er who specialised in the art of economical bowling
. He was known playfully by his team mates as "The Postman", as mentioned in Danny Morrison
's biography, Mad As I Wanna Be. He finished his career with an exceptional economy rate in ODI cricket of 3.76 - the norm is usually somewhere between 4 and 4.50 - in his 121 ODIs, stretching over a ten-year span.
He also played eight Tests
with reasonable success, taking 24 wickets. However, as a useful batsman and handy bowler, he held a place in the one-day side and played a major part in New Zealand reaching the semi-final stage of the 1999 cricket World Cup
.
Larsen earned his 100th ODI wicket in his home-town of Wellington, claiming the prize scalp of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar
.
Unusually for a New Zealand player, he played his entire first-class
career with one team, Wellington. He also captained the side in the 1994 Australasian Cup in Sharjah
in the United Arab Emirates
, where New Zealand reached the semi-finals of a six-team tournament.
Larsen is now the CEO of Cricket Wellington.
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who specialised in the art of economical bowling
Bowling
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. He was known playfully by his team mates as "The Postman", as mentioned in Danny Morrison
Danny Morrison (cricketer)
Daniel Kyle Morrison is a former New Zealand cricketer . He specialised as a pace bowler with a useful outswinger. He made his test debut for New Zealand in 1987 at the age of 21 against Australia....
's biography, Mad As I Wanna Be. He finished his career with an exceptional economy rate in ODI cricket of 3.76 - the norm is usually somewhere between 4 and 4.50 - in his 121 ODIs, stretching over a ten-year span.
He also played eight Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
with reasonable success, taking 24 wickets. However, as a useful batsman and handy bowler, he held a place in the one-day side and played a major part in New Zealand reaching the semi-final stage of the 1999 cricket World Cup
1999 Cricket World Cup
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.
Larsen earned his 100th ODI wicket in his home-town of Wellington, claiming the prize scalp of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket...
.
Unusually for a New Zealand player, he played his entire first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career with one team, Wellington. He also captained the side in the 1994 Australasian Cup in Sharjah
Sharjah (city)
Sharjah is the third largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates. It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula.Sharjah is the seat of government of the emirate of Sharjah...
in the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
, where New Zealand reached the semi-finals of a six-team tournament.
Larsen is now the CEO of Cricket Wellington.