Gavin Ron Robertson (born 28 May 1966) is an Australian former

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er. He was a right-handed

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bowler and a lower-order batsman.

Career

Robertson made his debut for the New South Wales Blues in 1987. Two seasons later he moved to

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in search of more playing time. He moved back to New South Wales after 2 seasons with the Tigers and was part of the successful 1992–93

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-winning team. He retired in 2000. Robertson made his Test debut for Australia in March 1998 against

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in Chennai. He claimed 5 wickets in total. In Australia's first innings, by scoring 57, he shared a 96 runs partnership with Ian Healy for the 9th wicket to help the Australians for taking first innings lead. However, a Sachin Tendulkar century helped the Indians to post a match winning total in the second Innings. Robertson currently hosts Talkin Sport on 2SM. He is also a regular panelist of Fox Sports program Bill & Boz.

Personal life

Robertson is a member of the band

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with four former

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teammates. He plays the drums and supplies backing vocals. In May 2019 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and undertook operations and chemotherapy as treatment. He was able to play with the band at a reunion concert held in Melbourne in January 2024.

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