John Davison (cricketer)

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = John Davison
country = Canada
fullname = John Michael Davison
nickname = Davo
living = true
dayofbirth = 9
monthofbirth = 5
yearofbirth = 1970
placeofbirth = Campbell River, British Columbia
countryofbirth = Canada
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right arm off break
role = All rounder
international = true
odidebutdate = 11 February
odidebutyear = 2003
odidebutagainst = Bangladesh
odic

lastodidate = 22 March
lastodiyear = 2007
lastodiagainst = New Zealand
odishirt = 9
club1 = Canada
year1 = 2004 – 2007
club2 = South Australia
year2 = 2002 – 2004
club3 = Victoria
year3 = 1995 – 2001
deliveries = balls
columns = 3
column1 = ODI
matches1 = 25
runs1 = 693
bat avg1 = 28.87
100s/50s1 = 1/5
top score1 = 111
deliveries1 = 1,201
wickets1 = 31
bowl avg1 = 26.96
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = n/a
best bowling1 = 3/15
catches/stumpings1 = 12/–
column2 = FC
matches2 = 51
runs2 = 1,177
bat avg2 = 16.57
100s/50s2 = 1/4
top score2 = 165
deliveries2 = 10,014
wickets2 = 111
bowl avg2 = 45.61
fivefor2 = 5
tenfor2 = 1
best bowling2 = 9/76
catches/stumpings2 = 25/–
column3 = LA
matches3 = 62
runs3 = 1,467
bat avg3 = 26.19
100s/50s3 = 2/9
top score3 = 125
deliveries3 = 2,770
wickets3 = 69
bowl avg3 = 29.05
fivefor3 = 1
tenfor3 = n/a
best bowling3 = 5/26
catches/stumpings3 = 23/–
date = 27 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5697/5697.html CricketArchive

John Michael Davison (born May 9, 1970 in Campbell River, British Columbia) is a well known Canadian cricket player. He is a hard-hitting right-handed batsman in the top or middle order, useful off spin bowler and good fielder.

Biography

Although born in Canada, Davison moved to Australia and attended school at St Ignatius' College, Riverview where he was a member of the 1st XI before playing grade cricket in Melbourne and attending the Australian Cricket Academy in 1993. He was a member of the Victoria state squad for a number of years but was unable to hold down a regular place in the side.

In 1999, Davison agreed to spend the Australian winters in Canada as a club player and coach. He quickly became involved with the Canadian national team, representing them in the 2001 ICC Trophy where Canada performed well to qualify for the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

At the World Cup, Davison made an overnight name for himself (see 2003 World Cup section below), stunning the strong West Indies team with an aggressive innings of 111 (reaching 100 from 67 balls, then the quickest century in World Cup history, and the first One Day International century for Canada), before making a half-century against New Zealand at the incredible strike rate of 200.

After his successes for the modest Canadian team at the World Cup, Davison returned to Australia and continued playing for South Australia, where he had played since 2002 after being released by Victoria.

Continuing his form for Canada, Davison returned to the national lineup for the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup, and was named as captain. He was in inspirational form as Canada overcame rivals USA, top-scoring with 84 in Canada's first innings and taking match figures of 17 for 137 (8 for 61 and 9 for 76), the best first-class match figures anywhere in the world since Jim Laker's 19 for 90 during the 1956 Ashes [cite news | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/canada/content/story/139187.html | title=Davidson's astounding performance leads Canada to victory | publisher=Cricinfo | date=30 May 2004 | accessdate=2007-02-23] .

His form at international level did not help in Australia though as in January 2005, Davison was dropped from the South Australia state squad [cite news | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/canada/content/story/145218.html | title=End of the road for Davison | publisher=Cricinfo | date=12 January 2005 | accessdate=2007-02-23] . He continued to play cricket in Australia at a lower level during the Australian summer. In the 2006-07 season, he played for Mosman in Sydney Grade Cricket [cite news | url=http://www.weeklytimes.com.au/2006/09_september/27_09_09/sports.html | title=Dynamo Davison in vintage touch | publisher=The Weekly Times | date=9 September 2006 | accessdate=2007-02-23] and has recently been appointed as a development coach with the Australian Cricket Academy [Coverdale, B. (2008) "Friday at Work" "Cricinfo", http://content-www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/346540.html Accessed 23 April 2008.] .

Davison has continued to represent Canada internationally as captain of the team, and against Bermuda in 2006 he scored his only first-class century, 165 from 175 balls [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/icc-cont/engine/match/247215.html|Canada v Bermuda, 2006] ] .

Retained as captain of Canada for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Davison reached 50 against New Zealand from only 25 balls.

2003 World Cup highlights

* On 23 February against the West Indies, Davison scored 111 runs off 76 balls, the first 100 of which were scored off 67 balls - the fastest century in World Cup history at the time [ [http://cricket-records.com/World%20Cup%20Records/fastest_100.htm World Cup Records| Fastest 100's] . Retrieved on 23 February 2007.] , and one of the fastest in ODI history [cite web | url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/BATTING/ODI_BAT_FASTEST_100S.html | title=One Day Internationals: Fastest Centuries and Half Centuries | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-02-23] . In his innings, he hit 6 sixes and 8 fours before eventually falling to a spectacular backwards-leaping catch at the boundary by Vasbert Drakes having attempted to score yet another six. The second-highest score for his team was just 19. He had been dropped on 50 and on 78, and more unusually, escaped when he played a ball onto the stumps without disturbing the bails. Despite his performance, Canada were convincingly beaten by the West Indies, who reached their target of 203 in just over 20 overs.

* On 3 March against New Zealand, Davison scored 75 runs off 62 balls, reaching his 50 from 25 balls [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/65270.html|Canada v New Zealand, 2003 World Cup] ] . He also opened the bowling with his off-spin, and took three wickets.

2007 World Cup Highlights

* On 23 March against New Zealand, Davison reached 50 runs in 23 balls which was the third fastest fifty in World Cup history [ [http://cricket-records.com/World%20Cup%20Records/fastest_50.htm World Cup Records: Fastest 50's] . Retrieved on 23 March 2007.] , behind only Brendon McCullum, who did it in 20 balls in the same match [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6474547.stm | title=Record for McCullum as Kiwis win | publisher=BBC Sport | accessdate=2007-03-23] , and Mark Boucher, who took 21 balls six days previously. However, New Zealand went on to win the match by 114 runs.

Teams

International

*Canada

Australian state

*Victoria (1995-2002)
*South Australia (2002-2005)

Career highlights

One-day Internationals

*ODI Debut: vs Bangladesh, Durban, 2003 World Cup
*Latest ODI: vs Kenya, Nairobi (Jaffrey Sports Club), 5 February 2007
*Davison's best ODI batting score of 111 was made against West Indies, Centurion, 2003 World Cup
*His best ODI bowling figures of 3 for 15 came against Kenya, Cape Town, 2003 World Cup

ICC Trophy

*ICC Trophy Debut: vs Singapore, Toronto, 2001
*Latest ICC Trophy Game: vs Scotland, Toronto, 2001
*Davison's best ICC Trophy batting score of 35 was made against Denmark, Toronto, 2001
*His best ICC Trophy bowling figures of 3 for 15 came against Denmark, Toronto, 2001

References

External links

* [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ICC/CAN/DAVISON_JM_17005712/ Cricinfo profile on John Davison]
* [http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview_ODI.asp?PlayerID=3083 HowSTAT! statistical profile on John Davison]
* [http://cricket-records.com/pages/wc_records/Fastest_50's.htm World Cup Records: Fastest 50's]