Gavin Robertson

Gavin Ron Robertson (born 28 May 1966) is an Australian former cricketer. He was a right-handed offbreak bowler and a lower-order batsman.

Gavin Robertson

Personal information
Full name	Gavin Ron Robertson
Born	(1966-05-28) 28 May 1966 (age 59) St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 375)	6 March 1998 v India
Last Test	22 October 1998 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 119)	13 September 1994 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	21 April 1998 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987/88–1988/89	New South Wales
1989/90–1990/91	Tasmania
1991/92–1999/00	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 4 13 58 64 Runs scored 140 45 1,658 284 Batting average 20.00 15.00 23.35 14.20 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/6 0/0 Top score 57 15 99 34* Balls bowled 898 597 11,416 2,970 Wickets 13 8 127 58 Bowling average 39.61 53.75 41.86 35.15 5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/72 3/29 6/54 4/46 Catches/stumpings 1/– 3/– 30/– 18/–
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's Cricket Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2005

Career

Robertson made his debut for the New South Wales Blues in 1987. Two seasons later he moved to Tasmania in search of more playing time. He moved back to New South Wales after 2 seasons with the Tigers and was part of the successful 1992–93 Sheffield Shield-winning team. He retired in 2000.

Robertson made his Test debut for Australia in March 1998 against India in Chennai. He claimed 5 wickets in total. In Australia's first innings, by scoring 57, he shared a 96 runs partnership with Ian Healy for the 9th wicket to help the Australians for taking first innings lead. However, a Sachin Tendulkar century helped the Indians to post a match winning total in the second Innings.^[1]

Robertson currently hosts Talkin Sport on 2SM. He is also a regular panelist of Fox Sports program Bill & Boz.

Personal life

Robertson is a member of the band Six & Out with four former New South Wales teammates. He plays the drums and supplies backing vocals. In May 2019 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and undertook operations and chemotherapy as treatment. He was able to play with the band at a reunion concert held in Melbourne in January 2024.^[2][3]