Michael Haysman

Mike Haysman

Personal information
Full name	Michael Donald Haysman
Born	22 April 1961 (1961-04-22) (age 50) North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm Off Break
Role	Commentator
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1982/83	South Australia
1983/84	Leicestershire
1985/86	Australian XI
1987/88	South Australia
1988/89	Northern Transvaal
First-class debut	1982 South Australia v Victoria
Career statistics
Competition	FC	LA
Matches	103	81
Runs scored	5977	1947
Batting average	36.89	29.95
100s/50s	13/24	2/13
Top score	180	103*
Balls bowled	1244	233
Wickets	5	5
Bowling average	135.20	35.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/19	1/7
Catches/stumpings	140/–	36/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 November 2009

Mike Haysman (born 22 April 1961) is a popular South African cricket commentator of Australian origin. Prior to his broadcasting career, he is perhaps best known as a participant in the South African rebel tours.

Career

Michael Donald Haysman was born in Adelaide, South Australia.^{[citation needed]}

As a first class cricketer, he represented Leicestershire, Northern Transvaal, South Australia and Transvaal domestic sides.

From 1985 to 1987, Haysman represented the Australian XI in the South African rebel tours, a tour that prompted Australian prime minister Bob Hawke to call the group "traitors" and that in retrospect has been called "one of the most painful and traumatic moments in Australian cricket history."^[1]

Haysman worked for Supersport for over five years, hosting cricket show Extra Cover and making regular appearances on Super Saturday. On 28 October 2006 he recorded his last Supersport appearance. He lived in Florida for nearly two years working with Allen Stanford's Caribbean Twenty 20 as commentator and analyst but moved to Dubai after Stanford's implications in fraud charges.^{[citation needed]} Nowadays he is working for Ten Sports.

See also

• List of cricket commentators

References

1. ^ "Rebels—the '85 South Africa tour". The Age. December 10, 2005. http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/rebels--the-85-south-africa-tour/2005/12/09/1134086816276.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 

External links

• Mike Haysman on CricInfo
• Haysman bounces back after Stanford fiasco from The Times

Persondata
Name	Haysman, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	South African cricket commentator
Date of birth	1961-04-22
Place of birth	North Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death
Place of death