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Full name | Michael Alan Buss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brightling, Sussex, England | 24 January 1944|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium, slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Tony Buss (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961–1978 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1972/73–1977/78 | Orange Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,22 August 2025 |
Michael Alan Buss (born 24 January 1944) is an English former cricketer who played for Sussex from 1961 to 1978. He also played four seasons in South Africa in the 1970s,representing Orange Free State. He appeared in 316 first-class matches as a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium and slow left-arm orthodox. He scored 11,996 runs with a highest score of 159 among eleven centuries and took 547 wickets with a best performance of seven for 58. [1] Tony Buss,who also played for Sussex,is his brother.
Buss was a member of the MCC Under-25 team that toured Pakistan in 1966–67. He replaced Neal Abberley,who had to return home after an injury in the early part of the tour. [2]