| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael James Stewart | |||
| Born | 16 September 1932 Herne Hill, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | |||
| Relations | Alec Stewart (son) | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 412) | 21 June 1962 v Pakistan | |||
| Last Test | 26 January 1964 v India | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1954–1972 | Surrey | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 8 | 530 | 75 | |
| Runs scored | 385 | 26,491 | 1,172 | |
| Batting average | 35.00 | 32.90 | 16.74 | |
| 100s/50s | –/2 | 49/132 | 1/3 | |
| Top score | 87 | 227* | 101 | |
| Balls bowled | – | 136 | 1 | |
| Wickets | – | 1 | – | |
| Bowling average | – | 99.00 | – | |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | n/a | |
| Best bowling | – | 1/4 | – | |
| Catches/stumpings | 6/– | 635/– | 24/– | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 1 October 2009 | ||||
Michael James Stewart OBE (born 16 September 1932, Herne Hill, England)[1] is an English former cricketer, coach and administrator. He was awarded the OBE in 1998 for services to cricket.
The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, commented, "a staunch patriot and the toughest of opponents, he stamped his mark on Test cricket as England's first full-time manager far more emphatically than he did as a player".[1]
Micky Stewart played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1954 to 1972, and also appeared in eight Test matches for England between 1962 and 1964.[1] A right-handed opening batsman, Stewart averaged 35.00 with the bat in Test cricket with a highest score of 87. He was an outstanding close catcher, particularly at short leg. In 1957, he took 77 catches during the season, only one short of Walter Hammond's record. Against Northamptonshire that year, he held seven catches in an innings. It was partly for his fielding, that he was selected as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in their 1958 edition.
Stewart toured India in 1963/64 as M. J. K. Smith's vice-captain, but he contracted dysentry and was forced home after playing only one innings.[1]
From 1959 to 1966, he had a successful opening partnership for Surrey with John Edrich, before moving down the batting order to number three. The pair also opened together for England on a couple of occasions. Stewart captained Surrey from 1963 to 1972, winning the County Championship in 1971. He served as cricket manager of Surrey (1979–1986) and England (1986–1992), and was director of coaching for the ECB (1992–1997).[1]
During a winter tour of New Zealand by England, Stewart controversially got involved in an argument with a TV cameraman who was filming footage of an injured David Lawrence on a stretcher; England wicketkeeper Jack Russell also joined in the fracas.[2]
Stewart was also a footballer, playing outside right for Charlton Athletic, Wimbledon and Corinthian-Casuals.
He is the father of the former England wicket-keeper, Alec Stewart. At Lord's in 1988, Stewart was able to watch his son Alec score a Test century, something that had eluded him.[1]