Michael Ramsay Bellhouse (born 11 October 1976) is a former English

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er. Bellhouse was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

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, London. Bellhouse made his debut for

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in the 1997

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against

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. Bellhouse played

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cricket for Oxfordshire from 1997 to 2001, which included 13

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matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his

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debut against Wales Minor Counties in the

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. He played his second and final List A match against

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in the

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. In his 2 List A matches he scored 33 runs at a

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of 16.50, with a high score of 24. With the ball he bowled 18 wicket-less overs. He also played Second XI cricket for the Middlesex Second XI in 1999.

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