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Matt Harvie

Matt Harvie

New Zealand cricketer

Matthew James Harvie (born 7 June 1984) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 26 first-class and 14 List A matches for Otago between the 2004–05 and 2009–10 seasons.[1]

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Harvie was born at Dunedin in 1984 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.[2] He played age-group cricket for Otago in 2001–02 and 2002–03 before making his senior debut for the representative side the following season whilst still a student at the University of Otago.[1][3]

A fast bowler who bowled with "good pace",[4] Harvie played four first-class and four List A matches during his debut season. He did not play again for the representative side until 2006–07 when his "lively pace caused plenty of headaches".[5] He took 18 List A wickets for the side and made his Twenty20 debut in the 2006–07 SuperSmash.[3] A back injury which required surgery meant that he did not play at all the following season, although he returned to the side in 2008–09, taking 19 first-class wickets.[1][3][5] He took the same number of wickets the following season,[3] and at the end of the season was described by Otago's coach Glenn Turner as "a strapping right-armer who gets good bounce and is quite nippy".[6] He did not, however, declare his availability for Otago ahead of the following season and dropped out of the representative side, retiring due to his persistent back injury.[7][8]

In total Harvie took 60 first-class, 21 List A and five Twenty20 wickets for Otago. His only professional five-wicket haul came in a List A match against Northern Districts in January 2007, Harvie taking five wickets for the cost of 40 runs from his .[3][9] He played Second XI cricket in England for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2007 and in the Kent Cricket League for Beckenham in 2009.[3] Since retiring he has worked in the financial services industry.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Matt Harvie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. [2]
    McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 64. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. [3]
    Matt Harvie, CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2023. (subscription required)
  4. [4]
    Meikle H (2008) Cricket: Harvie spearheads Otago attack at trial, Otago Daily Times, 4 November 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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    Seconi A (2009) Cricket: Harvie keen to get among the wickets, Otago Daily Times, 22 February 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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    Seconi A (2010) Cricket: Bond's retirement not all doom and gloom, Otago Daily Times, 19 May 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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    Seconi A (2010) Cricket: Fast bowler set to miss cut, Otago Daily Times, 5 August 2010, Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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    Seconi A (2013) Cricket: Great season but now bar goes up, 22 January 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. [9]
    Harvie's five-for clinches Otago win, CricInfo, 9 January 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  10. [10]
    Company news: Jasper appoints Mat Harvie to Head of Investor Relations, Jasper, 24 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2023.


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