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Full name Michael Walter William Selvey
Born April 25, 1948, Chiswick, Middlesex
Current age 60 years 135 days
Major teams England,Cambridge University,Glamorgan,Middlesex,Orange Free State,Surrey
Nickname Walter
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Commentator, Journalist
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education Battersea Grammar School; Manchester University; Cambridge University
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
5
3
15
5*
7.50
66
22.72
0
0
1
0
1
0
First-class
278
278
88
2405
67
12.65
0
4
79
0
List A
267
138
56
840
38*
10.24
0
0
50
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
5
492
343
6
4/41
6/152
57.16
4.18
82.0
1
0
0
First-class
278
45474
20582
772
7/20
26.66
2.71
58.9
38
4
List A
267
12698
7347
332
5/18
5/18
22.12
3.47
38.2
11
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Manchester, Jul 8-13, 1976 scorecard
Last Test
India v England at Mumbai, Feb 11-16, 1977 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1968 - 1984
List A span
1972 - 1984
Profile
A strong and hostile fast-medium bowler, Mike Selvey started his career at Surrey, but made little impression in six outings between 1968 and 1971. After one season in the Cambridge XI in 1971, when he won his Blue, he moved north of the Thames to Middlesex where his career took off. With an ability to swing the ball both ways and deceptively fast off the pitch, Selvey became a mainstay of the Middlesex side which dominated county cricket from 1976 onwards. He took 90 wickets in 1976 when Middlesex won the Championship for the first time since 1949, but his best season was 1978 when he took 101 wickets.
In 1976 he was surprisingly called up to the England side for the fourth Test against West Indies at Old Trafford when half-a-dozen quick bowlers were injured, and he made a dramatic entry to Test cricket, dimissing Fredericks, Richards and Kallicharran with his first 20 balls, finishing with 4 for 41. Retained for the final Test at The Oval, he also toured India the following winter without doing enough to earn more than one further cap and adding two wickets.
With chances limited at Middlesex, he moved to Glamorgan in 1983 and led them for two seasons before retiring. He remained in the game, becoming the cricket correspondent of The Guardian.
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