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Michael Kettle
Personal information
Full name
Michael Keith Kettle
Born (1944-03-18) 18 March 1944 (age 80)
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963 to 1970Northamptonshire
1974-75Rhodesia
Career statistics
Competition FC OD
Matches 88 23
Runs scored 1117 97
Batting average 13.14 8.08
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 88 19
Balls bowled 10712 1113
Wickets 179 23
Bowling average 26.81 31.82
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/67 4/19
Catches/stumpings 63/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2019

Michael Keith Kettle (born 18 March 1944) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire from 1963 to 1970.

Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, Kettle appeared in 88 first-class matches as a left-arm medium-pace bowler and useful tail-end batsman. He scored 1,117 runs with a highest score of 88 and took 179 wickets with a best performance of 6 for 67 against Sussex in 1968.[1] He took 2 for 30 and 5 for 58 when Northamptonshire beat the touring West Indians in 1966.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Northamptonshire v Sussex 1968". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ Wisden 1967, pp. 307–8.