Paul McEwan

Paul McEwan

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = New Zealand
country = New Zealand
country abbrev = NZ
name = Paul McEwan
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm medium
balls = true
tests = 4
test runs = 96
test bat avg = 16.00
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 40*
test overs = 36
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 5/-
ODIs = 17
ODI runs = 204
ODI bat avg = 13.59
ODI 100s/50s = 0/0
ODI top score = 41
ODI overs = 420
ODI wickets = 6
ODI bowl avg = 58.83
ODI 5s = 0
ODI 10s = 0
ODI best bowling = 2/29
ODI catches/stumpings = 1/-
date = 4 February
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37703.html Cricinfo

Paul Ernest McEwan (born December 19, 1953 in Christchurch) is a former Canterbury and New Zealand cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 17 ODIs from 1980 to 1985.

He played for Old Collegians in Christchurch and Ian Burns Cromb influenced him as a young club player. He made his first class debut for the province of Canterbury during the 1976-7 season.

McEwan was a product of St Andrew’s College, Graham Dowling’s old school, and went on to pass the record Dowling once held for run-scoring for the province. He was a hard-hitting, orthodox right-hand batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who deserved greater opportunity to play and tour with the New Zealand team. McEwan played only four test matches and seventeen one day matches for New Zealand. He made his test debut in the 1979-80 series against the West Indies and toured Australia in 1980-1 and Pakistan in 1984-5.

McEwan was a consistent run-scorer for Canterbury for over a decade. His best years were 1983-4, when he scored 713 runs at 59.41 and 1989-90, when, aged 35, he scored 758 runs at 44.58. One of the best examples of McEwan’s attacking batting was when his 153 and 35-ball 50 against Auckland won the Shell Trophy for Canterbury in 1983-4. During the same season he was brought in as a late replacement for the Young New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe under the captaincy of Jeff Crowe. McEwan scored 364 runs at 91.00 in the four games, after a first-ball duck in the first.

He had his Benefit Year for Canterbury (the first given by the province) during the 1988-9 season.

During the 1990-1 season, McEwan’s last, New Zealand Cricket published the New Zealand first-class Master-Blaster averages. The qualification was 500 runs. No one “batted a thousand” for the season, but the nearest was McEwan. He hit 521 runs off 618 balls with a strike rate of 843 per 1000 balls faced. An example of McEwan’s strike power was illustrated by his century at Lancaster Park against Northern Districts. Coming in fifteen minutes after lunch, he was 99 not out at tea, and totalled 103 off 108 balls.

While there may have been disappointment that McEwan did not achieve expectations on the international stage, he ended his career as Canterbury’s greatest run scorer (5940) with the most centuries (11). He was also the first player to make 100 appearances for Canterbury, ending his career with 103 games. In total, McEwan scored 6677 runs from 115 matches at 34.95 with twelve centuries and forty-three fifties. He had a highest score of 155 and he took 82 catches. With his bowling McEwan took 29 wickets at 38.79 with best figures of 3-25. His first class one-day career had brought 1643 runs from 77 matches at 23.81 with one century and eight fifties. McEwan had a highest score of 106 and he took 30 catches. He took 27 wickets at 36.44 with best bowling figures of 3-31.

As McEwan told The Press, “ [e] very ball I faced I endeavoured to score runs. There is so much dead cricket, so many balls just patted back. Garfield Sobers said the best line of defence is attack and I was always looking to dominate a game. I wanted to be on top of the game”.

Bibliography

Books

*Appleby, M., "Canterbury Cricket. 100 Greats". Reed Books, Auckland, New Zealand, 2002. (ISBN 0-7900-0867 X).
*McConnell, L. and Smith, I., "The Shell New Zealand Cricket Encyclopedia". Moa Beckett Publishers Limited, Auckland, New Zealand, 1993. (ISBN 1-86958-034-6).

Articles

*"Averages". New Zealand Cricket News, March 1992, p18.


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