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Full name | Michael St John Whitehead Burton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia | 14 February 1944||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1964/65–1967/68 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969–1971 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,23 May 2020 |
Michael St John Whitehead Burton (born 14 February 1944) is a Zimbabwean former first-class cricketer.
Burton was born in February 1944 at Bulawayo,in what was then a part of Southern Rhodesia. He was educated at Umtali Boys' High School. [1] Burton was selected to represent a South African Schools XI in cricket,before gaining first-class experience with Eastern Province. [2] He debuted for Eastern Province against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Port Elizabeth in 1964. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Eastern Province until November 1967,making five appearances. [3] He took 7 wickets for Eastern Province with his off break bowling,in addition to scoring 102 runs. [4] [5]
Burton went up to Mansfield College at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1968. While studying at Oxford,he played first-class cricket for Oxford University,making his varsity debut against Lancashire at Oxford in 1969. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1971,making 31 appearances. [3] Burton took 70 wickets for Oxford at an average of 40.24. He took a five wicket haul on two occasions,with best figures of 5 for 96, [4] which came against Nottinghamshire in 1970. [6] As a batsman,he scored 719 runs at a batting average of 15.63 and with a high score of 84. [5] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford,Burton also appeared in a single match for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring West Indians in 1969. [3] He captained Oxford in 1969–70,the first Rhodes Scholar to do so. [7]
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