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Mike Powell

England

Full name Michael John Powell

Born February 3, 1977, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Current age 32 years 295 days

Major teams Glamorgan

Nickname Powelly

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 6 ft 1 in

Education Crickhowell Secondary School, Pontypool School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	194	325	30	11538	299	39.11			25	58			122
List A	204	193	20	4665	114*	26.96			1	25			79
Twenty20	44	41	4	844	68*	22.81	725	116.41	0	5	79	17	16

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	194		164	132	2	2/39		66.00	4.82	82.0		0	0
List A	204		24	26	1	1/26	1/26	26.00	6.50	24.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

First-class debut	1997
Last First-class	Surrey v Glamorgan at The Oval, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997
Last List A	Glamorgan v Northamptonshire at Colwyn Bay, Aug 9, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Glamorgan v Northamptonshire at Cardiff, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Bristol, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Mike Powell, a solid right-handed batsman, made his debut for Glamorgan in 1997 after spending the 1996 off-season in Australia. He began 1997 in impressive form for the 2nd XI with four hundreds in the opening five games, and then made an unbeaten 200 not out against Oxford University for the first team, becoming only the third Englishman to score a double-hundred on first-class debut. Hugh Morris's retirement at the end of 1997 meant Powell gained a regular place in the Glamorgan side in 1998, and during that season, he scored his maiden Championship hundred at Northampton, and added a further two centuries in 1999, including a Championship best 164 against Nottinghamshire at Colwyn Bay. He continued to make important contributions in 2001 and 2002 as Glamorgan won the domestic one-day competition, and he was also their leading run scorer in 2002. After another impressive season in 2003, the national selectors were beginning to take note, and after narrowly missing out on the original 2004 NatWest Series squad, he was later called up as cover after injuries to Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Flintoff. He was released without playing a game, but was later included in England's preliminary squad for 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. He slipped out of international contention, but was Glamorgan's Player-of-the-Year in 2006 after scoring 1327 runs, including back to back double centuries.

His cricketing career was thrust to the back of his mind in the summer of 2007, however, when surgery to remove a rib became potentially life-threatening through complications. He recovered, however, and had the rib buried in Sophia Gardens, and, as he said, it was "quite weird [...] but it was exciting".

Sam Collins July 2007

Notes

NBC Denis Compton Award 2000