Stevens is a former Queensland colts and youth captain. Despite this he played his first Australian domestic game for
South Australia, in 2002–03. After limited success he returned to Brisbane and made his
Pura Cup debut for
Queensland in 2004–05. His maiden first-class century came against
Western Australia at
The Gabba. He was part of Queensland's record-breaking Pura Cup final victory in
2005–06 and scored 66 opening the batting. Stevens took the match-winning catch as they won by an innings and 354 runs. In November 2011, Stevens was named as head coach of Western Australia and the
Perth Scorchers, taking over from
Mickey Arthur, who became coach of the
Australian national cricket team. He had previously been the state's assistant coach. Stevens resigned from the position in November 2012, and was replaced by
Justin Langer. In 2020 he was appointed coach of the
Victoria women's cricket team and
Melbourne Renegades Women, but only spent one season at the two teams, resigning for family reasons. In March 2022 he was appointed batting and assistant coach at
Somerset CCC, signing a contract until at least the end of the 2023 season. ==References==