Mike Powell (cricketer, born 1977)

Mike Powell

Personal information
Full name	Michael John Powell
Born	3 February 1977 (1977-02-03) (age 34) Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Nickname	Powelly
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Role	Middle-order batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997 - present	Glamorgan (squad no. 14)
2005	Marylebone Cricket Club
First-class debut	5 June 1997 Glamorgan v Oxford University
List A debut	3 August 1997 Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	188	204	44
Runs scored	11227	4665	844
Batting average	39.25	26.96	22.81
100s/50s	25/55	1/25	0/5
Top score	299	114*	68*
Balls bowled	164	24
Wickets	2	1
Bowling average	66.00	26.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	2/39	1/26
Catches/stumpings	121/0	79/0	16/0
Source: [1], 9 August 2009

Michael John Powell (born 3 February 1977, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a Welsh cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played for Glamorgan since 1996, playing in the first team since 1997. His accolades as a player include the Glamorgan Young Player of the Year award in 1997 and the Glamorgan Player of the Year award two years later.

His first appearances at Glamorgan came courtesy of the Second XI Championship in May 1996, and in the 1996 Bain Hogg trophy two weeks later. He played moderately in his first season in the first team of 1997, before making a name for himself in the league in 1998. Participating mostly in Division Two prior to 2001, his team were promoted to Division One in 2002, having performed well at the end of the 2001 season, giving his team hope to progress further in the league.

Next year, Glamorgan finished top of the points table in Division One, before flailing in 2003. However his performances have remained steady since then, keeping his team in the top division until 2005, when the team dropped after winning one of 16 one-day game. Powell still scored above 1,000 runs, but was the team's second best run scorer after David Hemp. In 2006, Powell passed the 1,000-run mark after 11 games, scoring 299 against Essex but falling 10 runs short of Steve James' county record of 309. In 2007 after a successful operation to remove a rib Powell asked for, and was granted, permission to bury it beneath Sophia Gardens [2]

Mike's uncle, Michael Powell, played cricket for Worcestershire Second XI in 1973 and Glamorgan Second XI in 1974 and 1975.

External links

• Mike Powell at Cricket Archive

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Name	Powell, Mike
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Date of birth	3 February 1977
Place of birth	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
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