Gavin Ron Robertson (born 28 May 1966) is a former Australian

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er. He was a right-handed

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bowler and a lower-order batsman.

Career

Robertson made his debut for the New South Wales Blues in 1987. Two seasons later he moved to

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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

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-winning team. He retired in 2000. Robertson made his Test debut for Australia in March 1998 against

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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. 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

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teammates. He plays the drums and supplies backing vocals. In May 2019 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Gavin 1966 births Living people Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers New South Wales cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Australian cricketers Cricketers from Sydney Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket