Michael Brown (cricketer)
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael James Brown | |||
| Born | 9 February 1980 Burnley, Lancashire, England |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1999 – 2004 | Middlesex | |||
| 2004 – 2008 | Hampshire | |||
| 2008 – 2011 | Surrey | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | T20 | |
| Matches | 96 | 30 | 12 | |
| Runs scored | 5273 | 922 | 284 | |
| Batting average | 34.01 | 34.14 | 25.81 | |
| 100s/50s | 9/28 | –/7 | –/1 | |
| Top score | 133 | 96* | 77 | |
| Balls bowled | 18 | – | – | |
| Wickets | 0 | – | – | |
| Bowling average | – | – | – | |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | |
| Best bowling | – | – | – | |
| Catches/stumpings | 71/– | 9/– | 4/– | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 9 Auguat 2011 | ||||
Michael James Brown (born 9 February 1980) is an English cricketer.
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[edit] Early life
Brown was born in in Burnley, Lancashire, attending Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in neighbouring Blackburn.[1] Like many of his family, he began playing cricket for Burnley Cricket Club, making his debut for the adult side at age 15.[2] His younger brother David is also a Cricketer.
[edit] Career
A right-handed batsman, he made his first class debut for Middlesex in 1999 and joined Hampshire in 2004.
On 3 October 2008 he joined Surrey after speculation in late September.
On 12 January 2010, Brown announced that he would be spending a three week spell in Trinidad playing for National League side Clico Preysal Sports Club.[3] He intended to use the opportunity as some additional pre-season training prior to the start of the 2010 County Championship.
He missed the whole of the 2010 season after suffering an elbow injury.[4] This injury, as well as a shoulder injury, was still giving him problems the following season, and he was forced to announce his immediate retirement in late July, 2011.[5]
In April 2011, Brown returned to his roots to take up the role of chairman at Burnley Cricket Club.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ QEGS website Accessed 2011
- ^ "Golden Brown!". Lancashire Telegraph. 21 July 1997. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1997/07/21/Lancashire+Archive/6175151.CRICKET__Golden_Brown_/. Retrieved July 2011.
- ^ Michael Brown talks to Surrey TV about his plan to play for three weeks in Trinidad
- ^ Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, 2011 edition, p556.
- ^ "Injuries force Surrey batsman Michael Brown to retire" Retrieved 9 August 2011
- ^ "Surrey star Brown takes over as Turf Moor chairman". Lancashire Telegraph. 15 April 2011. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2011/04/15/Cricket+-+Lancashire+League/8976988.Surrey_star_Brown_takes_over_as_Turf_Moor_chairman/. Retrieved July 2011.
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