- Michael Brown (cricketer)
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Michael Brown Personal information Full name Michael James Brown Born 9 February 1980
Burnley, Lancashire, EnglandHeight 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 F-c 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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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 debubt for the adult side at age 15.[2] His younger brother David is also a Cricketer.
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]
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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Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
- Middlesex cricketers
- Surrey cricketers
- Durham University cricketers
- People from Burnley
- English wicket-keepers
- Alumni of Durham University
- English cricket biography, 1980s births stubs
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