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Full name | Michael David Tudor Roberts | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | 13 March 1989|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2012 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Unicorns | |||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Hampshire (squad no. 13) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,29 July 2013 |
Michael David Tudor Roberts (born 13 March 1989) is an English cricketer.
Roberts was born at Oxford in March 1989. He was educated at The Oratory School, [1] before matriculating to the University of Bath. [2] Roberts made his debut in minor counties cricket for Berkshire against Dorset in the 2006 Minor Counties Championship. [3] His first spell in minor counties cricket with Berkshire lasted until 2012,with him making fourteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and seven in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. [3] [4] While playing for Berkshire in the 2011 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire,Roberts made a double century with a score of 205,sharing in a partnership of 371 for the first wicket with Jono McLean (210);their partnership of 371 remains as of 2024 the highest ever for Berkshire. [5]
During this time he also played Second XI cricket for both Middlesex and Hampshire. [6] In 2012,he was selected to play for the Unicorns in the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40,making his List A debut in the competition against Derbyshire. Opening the batting for the Unicorns,Roberts made 4 runs before he was dismissed by Tim Groenewald.
On 4 October 2012 Roberts was offered a full contract by Hampshire after excelling in the Second XI team during the 2012 season scoring 610 runs at an average of 58.10. He made his first-class debut for the county the following season against Loughborough MCCU. [7]
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