Dom Michael

Dominic Peter Michael (born 8 October 1987) is a Samoan-Australian cricketer. He has played international cricket for Samoa, and Australian domestic cricket for Tasmania and Queensland. He has also represented two Big Bash League franchises, the Brisbane Heat and the Hobart Hurricanes.

Dom Michael
Personal information
Full nameDominic Peter Michael
Born (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 7)8 July 2019 v PNG
Last T20I12 July 2019 v Vanuatu
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012-14Queensland
2013Netherlands
2013-14Brisbane Heat
2014-16Hobart Hurricanes
2014-17Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 17 25 8
Runs scored 659 796 85
Batting average 20.59 49.75 12.24
100s/50s 0/3 1/7 0/1
Top score 97 100 55*
Balls bowled 282 108 18
Wickets 0 2 1
Bowling average 0 46.50 32.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 0/2 1/13 1/32
Catches/stumpings 4/- 6/- 0/-
Source: ESPN CricInfo, 5 January 2021

Early life

Michael was born in Brisbane to a Greek Cypriot father and a Samoan mother.[1]

Domestic career

After appearances at under-19 and Futures League level, he made his senior debut for Queensland late in the 2012–13 season, playing two Sheffield Shield fixtures and one Ryobi One-Day Cup game.[2][3] The holder of an EU passport through his father, Michael signed as the Netherlands' overseas player for the 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 tournament, an English domestic competition.[4] He finished as the second leading runscorer for the Netherlands, behind Wesley Barresi,[5] and also found time to play three Second XI Championship matches for Kent.[6]

Michael signed with the Brisbane Heat for the 2013–14 season, but his only match for the team came at the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 event in India, in which he scored a duck.[7] He added another three Sheffield Shield matches for Queensland, but for the following season moved to Tasmania.[8] Michael once again played only a single match for the state BBL franchise, the Hobart Hurricanes,[7] but had more success in his Shield appearances for Tasmania. Against South Australia, he scored a maiden first-class half-century, 97 from 215 balls opening with Ed Cowan,[9] which was followed by 52 against Victoria two matches later.[10]

International career

In August 2018, he was named in Samoa's squad for Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[11][12] In the final match of the tournament, against Fiji, he scored 100 not out from 62 balls, and was named the man of the match.[13] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Samoa, with 225 runs in six matches.[14]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Samoa cricket team in the men's tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games.[15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Samoa, against Papua New Guinea, on 8 July 2019.[16]

References
  1. Ben Dorries (10 March 2014). "Well-travelled Dom Michael finds a home in Queensland after impressing in pink ball trial" – The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. First-class matches played by Dom Michael – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. List A matches played by Dom Michael – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. Bertus de Jong (9 August 2013). "Cooper Junior steps up to fill brother's shoes" Archived 5 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine – CricketEurope. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. Netherlands batting and fielding, Yorkshire Bank 40 2013 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. Second Eleven Championship matches played by Dominic Michael – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  7. Twenty20 matches played by Dom Michael – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. (18 June 2014). "Dom to Make Mark in Tassie" – Cricket Australia. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  9. South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 2014/15 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  10. Tasmania v Victoria, Sheffield Shield 2014/15 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  11. "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  12. "Samoa include players based in NZ & Australia in squad for ICC EAP qualifiers". Czar Sportz. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  13. "12th Match, ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier A at Suva, Aug 29 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  14. "ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier A, 2018 - Samoa, Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  15. "Athlete List for Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Games Council. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  16. "1st Match, Pacific Games Men's Cricket Competition at Apia (No 1), Jul 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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