Michael Heal

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Michael Heal
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingRight arm medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches221
Runs scored6346
Batting average 15.926.00
100s/50s1/10/0
Top score124* 6
Balls bowled60
Wickets 00
Bowling average --
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match0N/A
Best bowling--
Catches/stumpings 10/00/0
Source: Cricinfo

Michael George Heal (born 8 September 1948) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University in the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning a Blue in 1970 and 1972. [1] He also played for Gloucestershire's Second XI, and had one List A outing for their first team in 1973. He was born in Bristol.

As a career batting average of under 16 shows, Heal was generally unsuccessful as a batsman, but against Warwickshire in April 1972 he made an unbeaten 124, the highest score by far of his first-class career, to help set up a two-wicket victory. His only other half-century was 64 against Glamorgan in 1970.

He also played rugby union for Oxford University, winning a Blue for that as well.

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References

  1. "Player Profile: Mike Heal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2013.