Michael Anthony Garnham (born 20 August 1960) is a former English cricketer who played for Essex, Leicestershire and Gloucestershire as a wicket-keeper/batsman between 1979 and 1995.[1]
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| Full name | Michael Anthony Garnham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1960 Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper-batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1988 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1995 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
While attending North Devon College in Barnstaple, Garnham was selected to tour India with an English Schools team in 1977-78.[2] He also toured Australia with England Young Cricketers in 1978-79.[3]
In 1985 Garnham helped Leicestershire win the Benson and Hedges Cup, joining Peter Willey in an unbroken match-clinching partnership of 80 in the final.[4] He also played in the Essex sides which won the County Championship in 1991 and 1992.[5] He made his highest first-class score of 123 in Essex's victory over Leicestershire in September 1991, when he and Nasser Hussain added 316 for the fifth wicket.[6]
Garnham now lives in Halstead, Essex. He works in planning in rural north Essex.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Mike Garnham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "ESCA Tour of India", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1978, pp. 71–75.
- ^ "England Young Cricketers in Australia 1978/79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Essex v Leicestershire at Lord's, 20 Jul 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mike Garnham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Essex 1991". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Fissler, Neil (26 May 2015). "Where are they now? Leicestershire – Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1985". The Cricket Paper. Retrieved 19 February 2022.