| Michael Austen | |
| Fullname: | Michael Hubert Austen |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium |
| Club1: | Western Province |
| Club2: | Otago |
| Year2: | 1989/90–1991/92 |
| Club3: | Wellington |
| Year3: | 1992/93–1995/96 |
| Club4: | Otago |
| Year4: | 1996/97–1997/98 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 5 March |
| Debutyear1: | 1983 |
| Debutfor1: | Western Province B |
| Debutagainst1: | Border |
| Lastdate1: | 29 March |
| Lastyear1: | 1997 |
| Lastfor1: | Otago |
| Lastagainst1: | Canterbury |
| Type2: | LA |
| Debutdate2: | 15 October |
| Debutyear2: | 1983 |
| Debutfor2: | Western Province B |
| Debutagainst2: | Transvaal |
| Lastdate2: | 14 January |
| Lastyear2: | 1998 |
| Lastfor2: | Otago |
| Lastagainst2: | Auckland |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 66 |
| Runs1: | 3,619 |
| Bat Avg1: | 32.31 |
| 100S/50S1: | 6/16 |
| Top Score1: | 202 |
| Deliveries1: | 3,836 |
| Wickets1: | 55 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 32.96 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/71 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 48/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 60 |
| Runs2: | 1,380 |
| Bat Avg2: | 23.38 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/9 |
| Top Score2: | 95 |
| Deliveries2: | 1,469 |
| Wickets2: | 39 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 26.87 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 14/– |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/michael-austen-43973 CricInfo |
| Date: | 31 December |
| Year: | 2021 |
Michael Hubert Austen (born 17 May 1964)[1] is a South African-born cricketer who played for Western Province in South African domestic cricket between the 1982/83 and 1988/89 seasons and for Otago and Wellington between the 1989/90 and 1997/98 seasons.[2] Austen worked as a doctor throughout his career in New Zealand.[3]
Austen was born at Cape Town in South Africa in 1964.[1] He was educated at Rondebosch Boys High School and worked professionally as a doctor.[4] He made his senior debut for Western Province B in a SAB Bowl match against Border in March 1983. He played mainly for Western Province B in the Bowl competition, before making four appearances for Western Province in the 1987/88 Currie Cup. He played a single first-class match for a South African Universities side in 1987.[2]
He moved to New Zealand to play for Otago at the start of the 1989/90 season, moving to Wellington for four seasons before returning to Otago to finish his first-class career.[2] In total he played in 66 first-class cricket and 60 List A cricket matches, scoring almost 5,000 runs and taking 94 senior wickets.[1]