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Full name Michael John Powell
Born February 3, 1977, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Current age 31 years 252 days
Major teams Glamorgan
Nickname Powelly
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Crickhowell Secondary School, Pontypool School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
176
298
28
10577
299
39.17
23
51
113
0
List A
195
184
20
4550
114*
27.74
1
25
78
0
Twenty20
34
31
2
668
68*
23.03
556
120.14
0
5
66
15
12
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
176
164
132
2
2/39
66.00
4.82
82.0
0
0
List A
195
24
26
1
1/26
1/26
26.00
6.50
24.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
34
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Career statistics
First-class debut
1997
Last First-class
Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1997
Last List A
Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Sep 21, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire at Cardiff, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Durham v Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street, Jul 22, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Mike Powell, a solid right-handed batsman, made his debut for Glamorgan in 1997 after spending the 1996 off-season in Australia. He began 1997 in impressive form for the 2nd XI with four hundreds in the opening five games, and then made an unbeaten 200 not out against Oxford University for the first team, becoming only the third Englishman to score a double-hundred on first-class debut. Hugh Morris's retirement at the end of 1997 meant Powell gained a regular place in the Glamorgan side in 1998, and during that season, he scored his maiden Championship hundred at Northampton, and added a further two centuries in 1999, including a Championship best 164 against Nottinghamshire at Colwyn Bay. He continued to make important contributions in 2001 and 2002 as Glamorgan won the domestic one-day competition, and he was also their leading run scorer in 2002. After another impressive season in 2003, the national selectors were beginning to take note, and after narrowly missing out on the original 2004 NatWest Series squad, he was later called up as cover after injuries to Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Flintoff. He was released without playing a game, but was later included in England's preliminary squad for 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. He slipped out of international contention, but was Glamorgan's Player-of-the-Year in 2006 after scoring 1327 runs, including back to back double centuries.
His cricketing career was thrust to the back of his mind in the summer of 2007, however, when surgery to remove a rib became potentially life-threatening through complications. He recovered, however, and had the rib buried in Sophia Gardens, and, as he said, it was "quite weird [...] but it was exciting".
