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Full name Gregory Scott Blewett
Born October 29, 1971, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 36 years 264 days
Major teams Australia,Kent,Nottinghamshire,South Australia,Yorkshire
Nickname Blewy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height
1.83 m
Relations Father - RK Blewett
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
46
79
4
2552
214
34.02
6184
41.26
4
15
276
4
45
0
ODIs
32
30
3
551
57*
20.40
889
61.97
0
2
35
3
7
0
First-class
232
419
29
17352
268
44.49
43
86
179
0
List A
213
209
19
6479
131
34.10
8
34
66
0
Twenty20
6
6
1
57
32
11.40
63
90.47
0
0
5
1
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
46
42
1436
720
14
2/9
2/9
51.42
3.00
102.5
0
0
0
ODIs
32
24
749
646
14
2/6
2/6
46.14
5.17
53.5
0
0
0
First-class
232
11742
6100
140
5/29
43.57
3.11
83.8
1
0
List A
213
4614
3871
115
4/16
4/16
33.66
5.03
40.1
3
0
0
Twenty20
6
4
42
71
1
1/23
1/23
71.00
10.14
42.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 26-30, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Mar 24-27, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 26, 1999 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1991/92
Last First-class
Queensland v South Australia at Brisbane, Feb 19-21, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1992/93
Last List A
Tasmania v South Australia at Launceston, Dec 3, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Kent v Hampshire at Beckenham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
A stylish and fluent strokemaker with a particular liking for the pull, hook, cut and cover drive, Greg Blewett established a reputation as one of Australia's most reliable and consistent batsmen in the 1990s and early 2000s. While capable of playing anywhere, he was generally used as an opener or No. 3 and brought to those roles a calm and assured presence. In addition to his abilities with the bat, Blewett, the son of the former South Australia captain Bob Blewett, was an excellent fielder and a more than handy medium-pace bowler.
Blewett made the most of his opportunities and worked hard to overcome his weaknesses - susceptibility to quality spin bowling and a flaw against balls moving in to him from the fast men - achieving a number of notable distinctions. He scored centuries in each of his first two Tests, joining Bill Ponsford and Doug Walters as the only Australians to do so, was involved with Steve Waugh in one of the highest partnerships in Test history of 385 at Johannesburg in 1997, and accomplished the rare feat of compiling two 99s in Tests in the one calendar year. Blewett never established himself as a permanent member of either the Australian Test or ODI team, but he became widely recognised as a steely and dependable player whose capacity to play both defensive and attacking innings made him one of the stars of Australian domestic cricket. However, his early 30s were not as productive as the 20s, with back and hand injuries worrying him three seasons ago, and back and thigh problems troubling him last summer, which ended in him being dropped from the Pura Cup side. A season of 270 runs and 24.54 told the story of his seven matches, but his one-day form was fine and included a century against Queensland to seal a spot in the ING Cup final. Blewett was dropped after three one-day games for the Redbacks in 2006-07 and although contracted for another season, announced his retirement in May. Cricinfo staff May 2007
