Michael Gerald Howat (born Michael Gerald Henderson-Howat, born 2 March 1958) is an

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former

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er.

Education

The son of the cricketer and schoolmaster

Gerald Howat Gerald Howat (12 June 1928 – 10 October 2007), born Gerald Malcolm David Howat, was a British writer on cricket, a historian and a schoolmaster. Early life Howat was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As a boy he was awarded a bursary to Glenalmond Co ...

, he was born in March 1958 at Tavistock. He was educated at

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from 1968 until 1975. He started playing cricket for the under-13 team before being selected for the second XI in 1971 and the first XI by 1974. He won the Morris Cup for the best all-rounder and broke the School record by claiming 62 wickets in one season. He was also a competent field hockey player. He later studied at

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Cricket career

While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in

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for

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against

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at Fenner's in 1977. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1980, making 26 appearances. In his 26 matches, he took 26 wickets with his right-arm medium-fast bowling at a high

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of 60.00, with best figures of 3 for 39. With the bat, he scored 194 runs at a batting average of 10.21, with a high score of 32. In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made two List A one-day appearances for the

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, making a single appearance apiece in the

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and

1980 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup was the ninth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The Minor Counties were restricted to one team and Scotland entered the competition for the first time. The competition was won by Northamp ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howat, Michael 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Tavistock Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers British Universities cricketers Cricketers from Devon

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Cricket career

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