Ervin McSweeney


Ervin Bruce McSweeney 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.

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. 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.