Mike Garnham Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike Garnham . CricketArchive . 18 February 2022.
  2. "ESCA Tour of India", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1978, pp. 71–75.
  3. Web site: England Young Cricketers in Australia 1978/79 . CricketArchive . 19 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Essex v Leicestershire at Lord's, 20 Jul 1985. ESPNcricinfo . 15 May 2022.
  5. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Mike Garnham . CricketArchive . 2 February 2024.
  6. Web site: Leicestershire v Essex 1991 . Cricinfo . 2 February 2024.
  7. News: Fissler . Neil . Where are they now? Leicestershire – Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1985 . 19 February 2022 . The Cricket Paper . 26 May 2015.