Michael George Anthony Finan (born 11 August 1996) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed bat and left-arm medium pace bowler.

Mike Finan
Finan in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Michael George Anthony Finan
Born (1996-08-06) 6 August 1996 (age 27)
Tameside, Cheshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2022–2023Leicestershire (squad no. 4)
First-class debut5 September 2022 Leicestershire v Notts
Only List A20 August 2022 Leicestershire v Notts
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 7 1 7
Runs scored 126 0 55
Batting average 14.00 11.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 58 0* 20
Balls bowled 882 30 147
Wickets 21 7
Bowling average 34.33 37.57
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/58 3/39
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 September 2023

Early life edit

From Dukinfield, Finan had played in the Lancashire system between under-14s to under-19 level, as well as for Dukinfield between the ages of nine and 18.[1]

Career edit

Finan signed for Leicestershire in August 2022 after a short trial. He had previously played for Cheshire in the minor counties and second-XI cricket for Yorkshire and Northants.[2]

Finan made his List-A debut for Leicestershire on the 20 August 2022 against Nottinghamshire.[3] Finan made his first class debut for Leicestershire on 5 September 2022 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. Notts won the match by 241 runs but Finan hit a half-century on debut and his wickets included England international opener Haseeb Hameed.[4] Finan took five wickets in an innings for the first time during his third first-class match, against Middlesex. He signed a two-year contract with Leicestershire on 1 November 2022.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Bugby, Tony (4 October 2022). "Club cricketer to county star in matter of few 'crazy' weeks for Finan". Tameside Correspondent. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Michael Finan joins Leicestershire on two-year deal after successful trial". The Cricketer.
  3. ^ "Michael Finan: Leicestershire sign seamer on two-year deal". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "NOTTS vs LEICS". espncricinfo.
  5. ^ Bugby, Tony (4 October 2022). "Club cricketer to county star in matter of few 'crazy' weeks for Finan". Tamesidecorrespondent. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

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