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Name:
Gregory Scott Blewett

Born:
October 29, 1971, Adelaide, South Australia

Role:
Right-hand bat, Right-arm medium

County Debut:
1999

County Cap:
21 April 1999. YCCC Cap No. 147.

STATISTICS

BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	46	79	4	2552	214	34.02	6184	41.26	4	15	276	4	45
ODIs	32	30	3	551	57*	20.40	889	61.97	0	2	35	3	7
First-class	232	419	29	17352	268	44.49			43	86			179
List A	213	209	19	6479	131	34.10			8	34			66
Twenty20	6	6	1	57	32	11.40	63	90.47	0	0	5	1	3

BOWLING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	46	42	1436	720	14	2/9	2/9	51.42	3.00	102.5	0	0
ODIs	32	24	749	646	14	2/6	2/6	46.14	5.17	53.5	0	0
First-class	232		11742	6100	140	5/29		43.57	3.11	83.8		1
List A	213		4614	3871	115	4/16	4/16	33.66	5.03	40.1	3	0
Twenty20	6	4	42	71	1	1/23	1/23	71.00	10.14	42.0	0	0

PROFILE

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.

He was an overseas player for Yorkshire in the 1999 season. He played 12 first-class fixtures scoring 655 runs at an average of 31.19 with a highest score of 190. In limited over cricket he played 17 matches scoring 560 runs at 32.94 with a highest score of 77.

In first-class cricket he took 5 wickets at 42.40, but was more successful with 11 wickets at 17.82.

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. He announced his retirement in May 2007.