Mike Garnham | |
Fullname: | Michael Anthony Garnham |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1960 |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicketkeeper-batsman |
Club1: | Gloucestershire |
Year1: | 1978–1979 |
Club2: | Leicestershire |
Year2: | 1980–1988 |
Club3: | Essex |
Year3: | 1989–1995 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 207 |
Runs1: | 6240 |
Bat Avg1: | 27.48 |
100S/50S1: | 5/33 |
Top Score1: | 123 |
Deliveries1: | 24 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 429/41 |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 256 |
Runs2: | 2640 |
Bat Avg2: | 18.72 |
100S/50S2: | 1/4 |
Top Score2: | 110 |
Deliveries2: | – |
Wickets2: | – |
Bowl Avg2: | – |
Fivefor2: | – |
Tenfor2: | – |
Best Bowling2: | – |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 217/37 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/mike-garnham-13334 Cricinfo |
Date: | 4 June |
Year: | 2022 |
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]
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]