Career
Davis played Minor Counties cricket for Durham in 1982 and 1983, once taking 7-32 for them in the National West Trophy one day competition. Davis made his debut for Victoria in 1983-1984. He impressed as an economical medium-fast in-swing bowler and, after the Australian team lost several players to the South African rebel tours, was called into the Australian one-day team for the 1985-1986 World Series Cup, taking 2 for 30 on debut against New Zealand.
Davis had a superb series, finishing with 18 wickets (second only to Kapil Development with 20) at an average of 16.61, the best in the series, conceding 2.93 runs per over.
This form saw him selected on tours to New Zealand and India. Davis played his only Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand in February 1986, bowling 25 overs, taking 0 for 70 and scoring a duck in his only innings.
Davis"s economical reputation was damaged when during the Benson & Hedges Challenge in Perth in January 1987, England all-rounder Ian Botham hit him for 26 runs in an over. Davis regained his place in the Australian One-day team midway through the 1986-1987 World Series Cup and played 15 more One-day matches for Australia, ending his career in the Bicentennial One-day match in Melbourne in February 1988.
He was regarded as a poor batsman and his First-class run tally of 98 is exceeded by his First-class wicket tally of 124.
As of 2006, he teaches Mathematics at the Sunshine Coast Grammar School in Queensland.