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]
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| Full name | Michael Hubert Austen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 May 1964 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982/83–1988/89 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989/90–1991/92 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992/93–1995/96 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996/97–1997/98 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 5 March 1983 Western Province B v Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 29 March 1997 Otago v Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 15 October 1983 Western Province B v Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 14 January 1998 Otago v Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 31 December 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
References
edit- ^ a b c Michael Austen, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 August 2015
- ^ a b c Michael Austen, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 August 2015. (subscription required)
- ^ NZC changes import rule, stuff.co.nz, 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 13. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
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