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Full name | Michael George Anthony Finan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tameside, Cheshire, England | 6 August 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Leicestershire (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Northamptonshire (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 5 September 2022 Leicestershire v Notts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only List A | 20 August 2022 Leicestershire v Notts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,17 September 2023 |
Michael George Anthony Finan (born 11 August 1996) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed bat and left-arm medium pace bowler.
From Dukinfield,Finan had played in the Lancashire system between under-14s to under-19 level,as well as for Dukinfield between the ages of nine and 18. [1]
Finan signed for Leicestershire in August 2022 after a short trial. He had previously played for Cheshire in the minor counties and second-XI cricket for Yorkshire and Northants. [2]
Finan made his List-A debut for Leicestershire on the 20 August 2022 against Nottinghamshire. [3] Finan made his first class debut for Leicestershire on 5 September 2022 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. Notts won the match by 241 runs but Finan hit a half-century on debut and his wickets included England international opener Haseeb Hameed. [4] Finan took five wickets in an innings for the first time during his third first-class match,against Middlesex. He signed a two-year contract with Leicestershire on 1 November 2022. [5]
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