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IPL (3)
IRE vs PAK (1)
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe (1)
SL vs AFG [A-Team] (1)
County DIV1 (4)
County DIV2 (2)

Mike Kirkman

England
Mike Kirkman

Full Name

Michael Kirkman

Born

February 11, 1942, Bodmin, Cornwall

Age

82y 91d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Education

Dulwich College; St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Mike Kirkman was a legspinner and No. 11 batsman from Dulwich College who played one year in the Cambridge XI, winning his Blue in 1963. Described by The Cricketer as "fairly accurate but with a trajectory that is a shade too easy to judge", he took 3 for 32 on debut against Surrey - those remained his best figures. In a drawn Varsity match, he took 2 for 33 in the second innings but therein lies a tale. "My only real claim to fame is that my meagre career statistics are wrong," he told Cricinfo. "In the 1963 Varsity match Pataudi was caught by Ray White for a duck off my bowling; the scorers thought I was Martin Miller and nobody could change the scorecard."
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