Michael Anthony Garnham (born 20 August 1960) is a former English cricketer who played for Essex,

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

and Gloucestershire as a wicket-keeper/batsman between 1979 and 1995. While attending

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, Garnham was selected to tour India with an English Schools team in 1977-78. He also toured Australia with England Young Cricketers in 1978-79. In 1985 Garnham helped Leicestershire win the Benson and Hedges Cup, joining Peter Willey in an unbroken match-clinching partnership of 80 in the final. He also played in the Essex sides which won the County Championship in

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and

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. He made his highest first-class score of 123 in Essex's victory over Leicestershire in September 1991, when he and Nasser Hussain added 316 for the fifth wicket. Garnham now lives in Halstead, Essex. He works in planning in rural north Essex.

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