Mike Cann

{{short description|Welsh cricketer (born 1965)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mike Cann

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| fullname = Michael James Cann

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm offbreak

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| club1 = Glamorgan

| year1 = 1986–1991

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| club2 = Orange Free State

| year2 = 1989/90

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| club3 = Griqualand West

| year3 = 1990–1993

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| club4 = Boland

| year4 = 1993/94

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| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 13 September

| debutyear1 = 1986

| debutfor1 = Glamorgan

| debutagainst1 = Essex

| lastdate1 = 21 January

| lastyear1 = 1994

| lastfor1 = Boland

| lastagainst1 = Eastern Transvaal

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 2 May

| debutyear2 = 1987

| debutfor2 = Combined Universities

| debutagainst2 = Hampshire

| lastdate2 = 22 September

| lastyear2 = 1993

| lastfor2 = Boland

| lastagainst2 = Canterbury

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 67

| runs1 = 2,896

| bat avg1 = 28.39

| 100s/50s1 = 4/14

| top score1 = 141

| deliveries1 = 5,345

| wickets1 = 70

| bowl avg1 = 36.65

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/68

| catches/stumpings1 = 29/0

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 42

| runs2 = 723

| bat avg2 = 22.59

| 100s/50s2 = 1/3

| top score2 = 106*

| deliveries2 = 1,057

| wickets2 = 15

| bowl avg2 = 54.93

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/40

| catches/stumpings2 = 7/0

| date = 21 December

| year = 2009

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4286/4286.html CricketArchive

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Michael James Cann (born 4 July 1965) is a former cricketer from Wales. He played first-class and one-day cricket for Glamorgan, Orange Free State, Griqualand West, Boland and the Impalas between 1986 and 1994. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler.{{cite web |title=Mike Cann |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10651.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=22 February 2021}}

A middle-order and opening batsman, Cann scored four first-class centuries, three of them in South Africa. His highest score was 141 (after scoring 80 in the first innings) when Griqualand West successfully chased 291 to defeat Boland in 1990–91.{{cite web |title=Boland v Griqualand West 1990–91 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54010.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 February 2021}} His one century for Glamorgan was the 109 he scored against Somerset in 1989.{{cite web |title=Glamorgan v Somerset 1989 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989/ENG_LOCAL/CC/GLAM_SOMERSET_CC_07-09JUN1989.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=22 February 2021}} His best first-class bowling figures were 5 for 68 (match figures of 41–17–87–8) for Boland B against Western Transvaal in 1993–94, his last first-class season.{{cite web |title=Boland B v Western Transvaal 1993–94 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/58/58199.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 February 2021}}

Cann studied Biochemistry at Swansea University, and has worked as a biochemist since the end of his cricket career.{{cite web |title=Michael Cann |url=https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/michael-cann/ |website=Museum of Welsh Cricket |date=17 April 2020 |access-date=22 February 2021}}