Michael Austen

For those of a similar name, see Michael Austin (disambiguation).

Michael Austen
Personal information
Full name
Michael Hubert Austen
Born (1964-05-17) 17 May 1964 (age 62)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1982/83–1988/89Western Province
1989/90–1991/92Otago
1992/93–1995/96Wellington
1996/97–1997/98Otago
FC debut5 March 1983 Western Province B v Border
Last FC29 March 1997 Otago v Canterbury
LA debut15 October 1983 Western Province B v Transvaal
Last LA14 January 1998 Otago v Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 66 60
Runs scored 3,619 1,380
Batting average 32.31 23.38
100s/50s 6/16 0/9
Top score 202* 95*
Balls bowled 3,836 1,469
Wickets 55 39
Bowling average 32.96 26.87
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/71 4/47
Catches/stumpings 48/– 14/–
Source: CricInfo, 31 December 2021

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]

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

  1. ^ a b c Michael Austen, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 August 2015
  2. ^ a b c Michael Austen, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 August 2015. (subscription required)
  3. ^ NZC changes import rule, stuff.co.nz, 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ^ 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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