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Full name | Michael John Edward Wright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Whangārei, New Zealand | 17 January 1950|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicketkeeper-batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1972–73 to 1983–84 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,10 September 2017 |
Michael John Edward Wright (born 17 January 1950) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northern Districts from 1973 to 1984.
A wicket-keeper,Wright was also an opening batsman,scoring 115 and 45 for Northern Districts against Auckland in 1982–83. [1] He also played Hawke Cup cricket for Bay of Plenty from 1969 to 1988,and was named as the wicket-keeper in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century in 2011. [2] In all for Bay of Plenty he played 102 matches and scored 3950 runs,a record for the team. [3]
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