Michael Seager

{{short description|Zimbabwean cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Michael Seager

| country = Zimbabwe

| fullname = Michael Anthony John Seager

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|12|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| family = Christopher Seager (brother)

| club1 = Rhodesia B

| year1 = 1978/79

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| club2 = Berkshire

| year2 = 1969–1970

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 48

| bat avg1 = 24.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 41

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| date = 23 November

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55746.html Cricinfo

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Michael Anthony John Seager (born 8 December 1947) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. Seager was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe).

Seager made his debut in English county cricket for Berkshire in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. He played Minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1969 and 1970 seasons, making a total of ten appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5213/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Michael Seager|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 November 2011}} Back in Rhodesia, he later made a single first-class appearances for Rhodesia B against Natal B in February 1979.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5213/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Michael Seager|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 November 2011}} In this match, Seager scored 7 runs in Rhodesia B's first-innings, before being dismissed by Ismail Ebrahim, while in their second-innings he scored 41 runs, before being dismissed by Peter Williams. Natal B won the match by 37 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38881.html|title=Natal B v Rhodesia B, 1978/79|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 November 2011}}

His brother, Christopher, was also a first-class cricketer.{{cite web |title=Christopher Seager |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32645/32645.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 October 2024 |url-access=subscription}}

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