GAVIN LARSEN

'Gavin Rolf Larsen' (born 27 September 1962, Wellington) was a New Zealand cricketer who specialised in the art of economical bowling. He was known playfully by his team mates as "Big Gav", as mentioned in Danny Morrison's biography, Mad As I Wanna Be. He finished his career with an exceptional economy rate in ODI cricket of 3.76 - the norm is usually somewhere between 4 and 4.50 - in his 121 ODIs, stretching over a ten-year span.
He also played eight Tests with reasonable success, taking 24 wickets. However, as a useful batsman and handy bowler, he held a place in the one-day side and played a major part in New Zealand reaching the semi-final stage of the 1999 cricket World Cup.
Larsen earned his 100th ODI wicket in his home-town of Wellington, claiming the prize scalp of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
Unusually for a New Zealand player, he played his entire first-class career with one team, Wellington. He also captained the side in the 1994 Australasian Cup in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, where New Zealand reached the semi-finals of a six-team tournament.
Larsen is now a cricket TV commentator.

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