Michael Porter (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Michael Porter

| country = England

| fullname = Michael John Porter

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|4|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Poole, Dorset, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Dorset

| year1 = 2012–2019

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = 2014

| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = –

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 12 August

| year = 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/562267.html Cricinfo

}}

Michael James Porter (born 21 April 1995) is an English former cricketer.

Porter was born in Poole in April 1995. He was educated there at Poole Grammar School, before advancing to study for a BTEC in sports performance at Brockenhurst College, as a result of which he gained a scholarship to study at Southampton Solent University.{{cite web|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/11358162.cricket-dorsets-michael-porter-set-for-12th-man-duties-in-englands-third-test-against-india/|title=Cricket: Dorset's Michael Porter set for 12th-man duties in England's third test against India|first=Neil|last=Perrett|work=Daily Echo|location=Bournemouth|date=23 July 2014|access-date=16 September 2024}} Alongside playing club cricket for Bashley (Rydal) in the Southern Premier Cricket League, Porter was a member of the cricket academy at Hampshire. He made a single appearance for Hampshire in a List A one-day match against Sri Lanka A at the Rose Bowl in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/433/433461/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Michael Porter|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 September 2024|url-access=subscription}} However, the match was abandoned after 18 overs due to rain, with Porter not having batted or bowled.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/708691.html|title=Tour Match: Hampshire v Sri Lanka A at Southampton, Aug 14, 2014|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=12 August 2015}} This was to be his only senior appearance for Hampshire.

Two years prior to that match, he had made his debut in minor counties cricket for Dorset in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Buckinghamshire,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/433/433461/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Michael Porter|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 September 2024|url-access=subscription}} whilst the following season he debuted in the 2013 Minor Counties Championship against Shropshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/433/433461/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Michael Porter|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 September 2024|url-access=subscription}} Just after scoring 96 against Oxfordshire in the 2014 Minor Counties Championship, Porter was chosen as England's twelfth man in the Third Test of their series against India at the Rose Bowl. He continued to play minor counties cricket for Dorset until 2019, making 21 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, eighteen in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, and nine in the Minor Counties T20.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/433/433461/Minor_Counties_Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Twenty20 Matches played by Michael Porter|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}

He played club cricket for Bashley (Rydal) for a number of years, with Porter captaining the club for six years until 2022, having led them to the 2019 Southern Premier Cricket League title. His resignation of the captaincy was necessitated by his relocation from Parley in Hampshire to Bridgwater in Somerset.{{cite news|url=https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/sport/bashley-skipper-stands-down-after-six-years-9241938/|title=Michael Porter announces resignation as Bashley (Rydal) Cricket Club first team captain|first=Jon|last=Waller|work=Lymington Times and New Milton Advertiser|location=New Milton|date=22 February 2022|access-date=17 September 2024}} He is a supporter of AFC Bournemouth.