Michael Wight

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Michael Wight
Cayman Islands
Personal information
Full name	Michael Wight
Born	21 November 1964 (1964-11-21) (age 43)
	Cayman Islands
Role	Bowler
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Leg spin
Career statistics
	List A	Twenty20
Matches	4	2
Runs scored	13	12
Batting average	4.33	12.00
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	10	12
Balls bowled	156	22
Wickets	2	1
Bowling average	89.00	22.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	1/25	1/13
Catches/stumpings	2/0	0/0
As of 23 September 2007 Source: [1]

Michael Wight (born 21 November 1964 in the Cayman Islands) is a Cayman Islands cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler,^[2] he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since the year 2000.^[3]

[edit] Career

Wight made his debut for the Cayman Islands in August 2000, playing against the USA in the Americas Championship at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario.^[4] Later in the year, he made his List A debut, playing for the Caymans in the Red Stripe Bowl against Guyana.^[5]

He again played in the Americas Championship in 2002 and 2004, before playing in the repêchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur in February 2005.^[4]

The following year, he played against the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago in the Stanford 20/20,^[6] before again playing in the Americas Championship in King City.^[4] He most recently represented the Cayman Islands in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia.^[7]

[edit] Family

Wight comes from a cricketing family. Three of his brothers; Christopher, David and Philip have all played cricket for the Cayman Islands. His grandfather Oscar played for Guyana, whilst his great-uncle Vibart played Test cricket for the West Indies.^[2]

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