Mike Younger

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| international =

| fullname = Michael Edward Younger

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Corbridge, Northumberland, England

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

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| club1 = Northumberland

| year1 = 1974–1994

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| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 123

| bat avg1 = 30.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 57

| deliveries1 = 204

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 75.50

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/32

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 30 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23543.html Cricinfo

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Michael Edward Younger (born 29 November 1951) is a former English cricketer. Younger was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Corbridge, Northumberland.

Younger made his debut for Northumberland in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. Younger played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1974 to 1994, which included 156 Minor Counties Championship matches{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}} and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}} He made his List A debut for Northumberland against Middlesex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy. He made 4 further List A matches for the county, the last coming against Nottinghamshire in the 1994 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}} In his 5 List A matches, he scored 123 runs at a batting average of 30.75.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}} He made his only half century when he scored 57 against Middlesex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44932.html|title=Northumberland v Middlesex, 1984 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}} With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 75.50, with best figures of 2/32.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}}