Michael Bevan inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

For most Australian cricket fans who can remember life before the internet, Michael Bevan’s 1996 New Year’s Day heroics was his signature innings. For the man himself, if that knock gets on the podium, it’s only just.

“I got two or three other innings I feel were probably as good or better but, personally, I was happier with,” Bevan said.

The moment that captivated: Michael Bevan celebrates his four off the last ball to take Australia to victory over the West Indies in an ODI at the SCG in 1996. Credit: Getty Images

That he has so many in the genre is why Bevan, the game’s original “finisher”, has joined other greats from this country’s golden era in Australian cricket’s hall of fame.

Bevan’s induction has come both belatedly and instantly. Though he was eligible for the 2010 hall of fame intake, coming five years after his last international, the criterion was heavily weighted to performances in Tests.

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