Ervin McSweeney
Ervin Bruce McSweeney (born 8 March 1957 in Wellington) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played 16 One Day Internationals in the 1980s in Richard Hadlee's team as a wicketkeeper-batsman but he never played in a Test match.
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| Full name | Ervin Bruce McSweeney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1957 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 51) | 9 January 1986 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 28 March 1987 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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International career
He toured Zimbabwe with a Young New Zealand team in 1984–85, and with the New Zealand senior team he toured Australia in 1985-86 and Sri Lanka in 1986–87, and played in the Austral-Asia one-day series in Sharjah in 1985–86.
Domestic career
McSweeney played first-class cricket between 1979–80 and 1993-94 for Central Districts and Wellington. His top score was 205 not out for Wellington against Central Districts in 1987–88, when he added 341 for the fifth wicket with Gavin Larsen.[1] He captained Wellington in 1982-83 and 1983–84, and from 1988-89 to 1990–91. He also played for Hawke's Bay in the Hawke Cup.
After cricket
He later became Chief Executive of Cricket Wellington, and announced his resignation from that position on 31 August 2007.