Profile
A talented left-handed opening batsman, Michael Carberry began his career at Surrey in 2001 but lack of opportunities forced him to join Kent. However, with the same situation on the cards he left Kent too and joined Hampshire in 2006. Some gutsy performances from then on made sure that he settled down well in 2007 and this paved the way for his selection in the England Lions tour of India in 2008.
Carberry raced like a jet plane from then on as he scored two hundreds in the same tour and was a prolific run getter in the 2009 season with four centuries which included a classy 204 against Warwickshire at Rose Bowl. Termed as one of the best fielders in the county circuit, his hard work finally paid off when he was called up to the national Test side against Bangladesh in early 2012. He made 30 and 34 in the two innings he batted but wasn't selected in the 2nd with England going for the 5th bowler option. He suffered a huge setback when a blood clot in his lung ruled him out of the England Performance Programme trip to Australia in November 2010. But he made a miraculous comeback and hit a career best 300 not out against Yorkshire. In 2012, he played an important role in helping Hampshire win their second T20 title in three years, beating Yorkshire by 10 runs in the final. Later that year, he was added to the T20 squad for Hampshire’s first Champions League T20 outing in South Africa.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
1 |
2 |
64 |
0 |
32 |
45.71 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Career
Span:
- Test
-
- Debut:
- England Vs Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong - Mar 12, 2010
- Last played:
- England Vs Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong - Mar 12, 2010
