Ian Joseph Harvey (born 10 April 1972) is a former Australian

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er. He was an

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who played 73

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for

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and was named as one of the five

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for 2004 for his performances in

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International career

Australian squad

Harvey started his first-class cricket career with

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in the

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in 1993 as an all-rounder. He was called up to the Australian one day cricket team in 1997 and played 73

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s. Harvey bowled tightly at the end of games, equipped with a well disguised slower ball, as well as being a big hitting late order batsman, however he did not hit an ODI half-century.

2003 ICC Cricket World Cup

Harvey played in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa as a replacement for the injured

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. He played in Australia's group game against

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, scoring 24 at better than a run-a-ball, supporting

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who made a match-winning 143 not out. Defending 310, Harvey was the best bowler picking up 4 wickets, including one with his first ball, as Australia won comfortably. Harvey lost his place when

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and

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returned from injury. He featured in one more group game against the

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where he picked up three more wickets. He played in the first Super Six game against

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making a brief 5 not out at the end of Australia's innings. He did not take a wicket when he bowled but he was economical. Against

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he failed with the bat making just 2 but he bowled economically again, taking 1/11 in 6 overs. In the final Super Six stage against tournament surprise package

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he bowled tightly without reward. However, in the run chase of 175, after Australia stuttered, he and Symonds were involved together in a 50-run partnership as they saw Australia home carrying on their unbeaten run through the tournament. Harvey finished on 24 not out. Because of an injury to

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, he played in the semi-final against

. In the tournament he played 6 games, scored 66 runs at 22.00 and took 8 wickets at 19.62.

Domestic career

Australia

Harvey played for

between 1993–94 and 2004–05.

England

Harvey played for

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from 1999 to 2003 in the English

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and domestic one-day competitions. He was an integral part of the team that won a number of one-day trophies, including four one-day finals in a row. Harvey also scored the first

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cricket century in 2003, and scored three T20 centuries in all. In 2004 he switched counties to play for

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for whom he played until 2005. For 2006, he returned to play for Gloucestershire in the County Championship and Victoria in the

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. He signed to play for

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in 2007, but did not play a full season as his clearance to play as an English-qualified player was not received from the Home Office. Approval was delayed as a result of a

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conviction, a decision which upset Derbyshire chief executive John Sears. Derbyshire allowed Harvey to play for

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for a weekend as a temporary replacement for their professional.

South Africa

For the 2005–06 season, Harvey played with the South African provincial side Nashua-Western Province Boland, where he also coached and commentated, sometimes doing two or all three at once.

Twenty20

Harvey excelled in the

format, initially for Gloucestershire and Victoria. He also played in the first

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Twenty20 competition in 2007 for

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. He played in the Chennai team that won the inaugural league. He won both the man of the match award for the final and the player of the tournament award. Being a specialist Twenty20 player, he signed short-term deals especially for the Twenty20 with

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in 2008 and

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in 2009. On his debut for

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, he scored 12 with the bat but starred with the ball taking 4 for 18 off 4 overs to help them to a 17-run win against Warwickshire Bears. Harvey contracted

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, which kept him out of the quarter finals which Northamptonshire won. He returned to play in the finals day of the competition. In February 2010, Harvey signed to play T20 and first-class matches for Zimbabwean franchise

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Coaching career

Harvey was appointed assistant to head coach

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in the 2015 county season.Gloucestershire find their voice after Bracewell departure
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Personal life

Harvey is uncle of

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References

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