Matt Harvie

Matthew James Harvie (born 7 June 1984) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 26 first-class and 14 List A matches for Otago between the 2004–05 and 2009–10 seasons.[1]

Harvie was born at Dunedin in 1984 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.[2] He played age-group cricket for Otago in 2001–02 and 2002–03 before making his senior debut for the representative side the following season whilst still a student at the University of Otago.[1][3]

A fast bowler who bowled with "good pace",[4] Harvie played four first-class and four List A matches during his debut season. He did not play again for the representative side until 2006–07 when his "lively pace caused plenty of headaches".[5] He took 18 List A wickets for the side and made his Twenty20 debut in the 2006–07 SuperSmash.[3] A back injury which required surgery meant that he did not play at all the following season, although he returned to the side in 2008–09, taking 19 first-class wickets.[1][3][5] He took the same number of wickets the following season,[3] and at the end of the season was described by Otago's coach Glenn Turner as "a strapping right-armer who gets good bounce and is quite nippy".[6] He did not, however, declare his availability for Otago ahead of the following season and dropped out of the representative side, retiring due to his persistent back injury.[7][8]

In total Harvie took 60 first-class, 21 List A and five Twenty20 wickets for Otago. His only professional five-wicket haul came in a List A match against Northern Districts in January 2007, Harvie taking five wickets for the cost of 40 runs from his .[3][9] He played Second XI cricket in England for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2007 and in the Kent Cricket League for Beckenham in 2009.[3] Since retiring he has worked in the financial services industry.[10]