Twenty - Weston Creek Cricket Club

Weston Creek, CricketClubMICHAEL BEVANMike Bevan's senior career with the Club began uneventfully with only afew innings in the 1985-86 season. However the next season he explodedinto action, scoring 171 runs in second grade at 57.00 average and 118runs in first grade for 'once out, including a superb 83 in the semi-finalwhere he put on a magnificent display of batting with Huntley Armstrong,who scored 94. He was named in the Australian Under 17 squad and ACTUnder 17 Player of the Year. It appeared he had been stung into actionby Huntley's successes the previous season. At this time he was also apretty devastating fast bowler and he captured 14 wickets in firsts andseconds for 20 runs apiece. He then left the Club for Tuggeranong ValleyCricket Club and two seasons later he had an outstanding season for theACT scoring centuries against the New South Wales 2nd XI and theWestern Australian Institute of Sport Colts, and fifties against the NorthCoast and the Victorian 2nd XI. This was also the season where he set anew aggregate record at the Under 19 Championships, in Canberra (449),including centuries against New South Wales and Western Australia. Thisperformance saw him selected for the Australian Institute of Sport CricketAcademy in Adelaide and it was not long before he scored his maiden firstclass century for South Australia in the second innings of his debut match.In 1990-91 he moved to New South Wales and etched his name in thehistory books by scoring five centuries against five different states, inconsecutive matches - the only player ever to do so.130