‘Icon and pioneer’: Australia’s ODI great Michael Bevan elevated to Hall of Fame

  • Batter finally inducted after committee reviews selection criteria
  • Bevan acknowledged for revolutionising white-ball game

Michael Bevan has been elevated to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame after a tweak to the criteria governing selection.

Bevan, one of Australia’s greatest white-ball players, scored 6,912 runs at 53.58 from 232 ODIs while routinely steering his side to victory in chases.

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