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Full name | Michael Anthony Garnham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 20 August 1960|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Cricinfo, 4 June 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]