Michael Brown (cricketer)
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Michael Brown
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Michael James Brown
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|2|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Burnley, Lancashire, England
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 0
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm off break
| club1 = Middlesex
| year1 = 1999–2004
| club2 = Hampshire
| year2 = {{nowrap|2004–2008}}
| club3 = Surrey
| year3 = 2008–2011
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 3
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 96
| runs1 = 5,273
| bat avg1 = 34.01
| 100s/50s1 = 9/28
| top score1 = 133
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 71/–
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 30
| runs2 = 922
| bat avg2 = 34.14
| 100s/50s2 = 0/7
| top score2 = 96*
| catches/stumpings2 = 9/–
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 12
| runs3 = 284
| bat avg3 = 25.81
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 77
| catches/stumpings3 = 4/–
| date = 9 August
| year = 2011
| source = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/9265.html Cricinfo
}}
Michael James Brown (born 9 February 1980) is an English first-class cricketer.
Early life
Brown was born in Burnley, Lancashire, attending Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in neighbouring Blackburn.[http://www.qegs.blackburn.sch.uk/information-for-parents-and-pupils/physical-education.php QEGS website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003011612/http://www.qegs.blackburn.sch.uk/information-for-parents-and-pupils/physical-education.php |date=3 October 2011 }} Accessed 17 July 2011 Like many of his family, he began playing cricket for Burnley Cricket Club, making his debut for the adult side at age 14.{{cite news|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1997/07/21/Lancashire+Archive/6175151.CRICKET__Golden_Brown_/ |title=Golden Brown!|date=21 July 1997 |work=Lancashire Telegraph|access-date=17 July 2011}} 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.[http://www.britoval.com/tv/overseas-brown Michael Brown talks to Surrey TV about his plan to play for three weeks in Trinidad] 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.Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, 2011 edition, p556. 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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/14307101.stm "Injuries force Surrey batsman Michael Brown to retire"] Retrieved 9 August 2011
In April 2011, Brown returned to his roots to take up the role of chairman at Burnley Cricket Club.{{cite news|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2011/04/15/Cricket+-+Lancashire+League/8976988.Surrey_star_Brown_takes_over_as_Turf_Moor_chairman/ |title=Surrey star Brown takes over as Turf Moor chairman|date=15 April 2011 |work=Lancashire Telegraph|access-date=17 July 2011}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=9265}}
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