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Ervin McSweeney

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Ervin McSweeney
Personal information
Full name
Ervin Bruce McSweeney
Born (1957-03-08) 8 March 1957 (age 67)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 51)9 January 1986 v Australia
Last ODI28 March 1987 v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 16 121 101
Runs scored 73 4,947 1,210
Batting average 8.11 33.65 16.80
100s/50s 0/0 6/23 0/4
Top score 18* 205* 69
Catches/stumpings 14/3 340/45 116/31
Source: Cricinfo, 25 April 2017

Ervin Bruce McSweeney (born 8 March 1957) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played 16 One Day Internationals in the 1980s as a wicketkeeper-batsman.

International career

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He toured Zimbabwe with a Young New Zealand team in 1984–85, and with the New Zealand senior team he toured Australia in 1985–86 and Sri Lanka in 1986–87, and played in the Austral-Asia one-day series in Sharjah in 1985–86.

Domestic career

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McSweeney played first-class cricket between 1979–80 and 1993-94 for Central Districts and Wellington. His top score was 205 not out for Wellington against Central Districts in 1987–88, when he added 341 for the fifth wicket with Gavin Larsen.[1] He captained Wellington in 1982-83 and 1983–84, and from 1988–89 to 1990–91. He also played for Hawke's Bay in the Hawke Cup.

After cricket

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He later became Chief Executive of Cricket Wellington, and announced his resignation from that position on 31 August 2007.

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