| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Richard Strong | |||
| Born | 28 June 1974 Cuckfield, Sussex, England |
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| Batting style | Left Handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right Arm Medium Fast | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1996–1999 | Sussex | |||
| 2000–2001 | Northamptonshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 15 | 19 | ||
| Runs scored | 235 | 63 | ||
| Batting average | 15.66 | 7.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | –/– | –/– | ||
| Top score | 35* | 21 | ||
| Balls bowled | 1426 | 860 | ||
| Wickets | 31 | 31 | ||
| Bowling average | 46.00 | 25.58 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | – | ||
| Best bowling | 4/46 | 5/39 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 4/– | 4/– | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 21 June 2010 | ||||
Michael Richard Strong (born 28 June 1974) was an English cricketer who played for Sussex and later on Northamptonshire. He was born in Cuckfield, Sussex.
Strong only made a two first-class appearances for Sussex, but was best remembered at Sussex for losing a bet and having to run across the outfield in his underpants clutching an inflatable banana.[1] Strong then made the move to Northamptonshire in 2000 taking 31 wickets in his 13 first-class games spanning over two years. During a one day game against Gloucestershire, he conceded a record 99 runs from his nine overs (a new record for the most expensive analysis in the one-day league surpassing Dominic Cork's 96 conceded against Nottinghamshire in a 50 over game in 1993, though he bowled only eight overs).[2]