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60 Facts About Michael Carberry

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Michael Carberry began his career at Surrey, during which time he played for the Surrey Cricket Board.

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Michael Carberry played for Surrey from 2001 to 2002, before joining Kent.

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Michael Carberry played for Kent from 2003 to 2005, before becoming frustrated with his opportunities there.

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Michael Carberry left Kent at the close of the 2005 season, joined Hampshire for the 2006.

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In July 2016 Michael Carberry was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour.

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Michael Carberry, who was born in Croydon on 29 September 1980, is of Guyanese and Barbadian descent.

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Michael Carberry was educated at St John Rigby College in West Wickham.

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Michael Carberry began playing for the Surrey Seconds in 1998, while the following season, he made his List A debut for the Surrey Cricket Board against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.

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Michael Carberry scored 19 runs in the match, which the Surrey Cricket Board won.

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Michael Carberry played in the team's following round match against Cheshire, with Carberry being dismissed for 4 runs by Christopher Hall, in a match which ended in victory for Cheshire.

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Michael Carberry spent two further years in the Surrey Seconds, before making his first-class debut for the county against Leicestershire.

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Michael Carberry played 6 first-class matches in 2001, scoring 311 runs and scoring his maiden half century, against Glamorgan.

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Michael Carberry made his List A debut for Surrey against Leicestershire, with the match following immediately after his first-class debut.

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Michael Carberry did score his maiden first-class century in the match against Cambridge UCCE, making 153 not out.

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Michael Carberry found more opportunities that season in List A cricket, playing a handful of matches, though without success.

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However, with opportunities limited at Surrey, Michael Carberry joined Kent for the 2003 season.

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Michael Carberry was signed initially by Kent as a batsman who could stand-in for Rob Key, whose international career was in its infancy, when he was on international duty.

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Michael Carberry played a handful of List A matches in his first season with Kent; in that format he was used as both a middle-order and opening batsman.

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Michael Carberry made his Twenty20 debut in the 2003 season, making 5 appearances in the Twenty20 Cup.

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Michael Carberry scored 639 runs at an average of 42.60, with two centuries and a high score of 112.

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Michael Carberry performed well in that season's tour match against the New Zealanders, scoring 75 runs and sharing a 117-run partnership with Geraint Jones.

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Michael Carberry again featured for Kent in the 2004 Twenty20 Cup, although he performed poorly in that season's competition, scoring 15 runs at an average of just 3.75.

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Michael Carberry fell out of favour in the County Championship in 2005, playing just a single first-class match, against Bangladesh A Michael Carberry still managed to maintain his place in the Kent limited-overs side, playing 12 List A matches in 2005, scoring 204 runs at an average of 24.50 with a high score of 63.

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Michael Carberry performed well in the 2005 Twenty20 Cup, making 7 appearances.

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Michael Carberry scored 242 runs at an average of 80.66, with a high score of 59 not out.

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Michael Carberry eventually opted to join Hampshire for the 2006 season.

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Michael Carberry firmly established himself in the Hampshire side in 2006, making 15 first-class appearances, in which he scored 938 runs at an average of 36.04, which included two centuries against Warwickshire and Middlesex.

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Michael Carberry continued his previous seasons form with Kent, he performed well in the 2006 Twenty20 Cup, scoring 222 runs at an average of 27.75, with a high score of 90 against Middlesex.

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Michael Carberry struck his highest first-class score that season, making 192 not out against Warwickshire.

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Michael Carberry played 14 List A matches in 2007, scoring 345 runs with a high score of 75 not out.

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Michael Carberry played for the Marylebone Cricket Club in the Champion County match against Sussex at the beginning of the 2008 season, batting once in the match and scoring 8 runs before being dismissed by Ryan Harris.

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Michael Carberry's form dropped in 2008, with him scoring 815 first-class runs at average of 31.34, with a single century score of 108.

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Michael Carberry recorded his first double century that season, which came against Warwickshire.

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Ten years after first playing List A cricket, Michael Carberry scored his maiden century in that format, making an unbeaten 121 against Ireland in the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy, with Michael Carberry sharing in a Hampshire record partnership for the 3rd wicket in List A cricket of 260 with Sean Ervine.

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Hampshire reached the final of the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy that season against Sussex, with Michael Carberry scoring 30 runs in Hampshire's chase, before being dismissed by Yasir Arafat.

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Michael Carberry did record his second limited-overs century, making 103 against Warwickshire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 at Edgbaston.

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Michael Carberry played a key role in Hampshire's 2010 Friends Provident t20 victory, playing 12 matches in the format that season, scoring 205 runs at an average of 20.50, with a high score of 41.

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On finals day at Hampshire's ground, the Rose Bowl, Michael Carberry scored 17 runs in the semi-final to guide Hampshire to their target of 157 runs against Essex, while in the final itself, he was dismissed for a duck by Somerset's Ben Phillips.

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Michael Carberry's health was seriously affected, when in November 2010 he was diagnosed with blood clots on his lungs which ruled him out of travelling to Australia with the England Performance Programme.

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The blood clots threatened his career, with Michael Carberry only being given the all-clear to resume his cricketing career mid-way through the 2011 season.

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On 5 August 2011 Michael Carberry hit his career best score of 300 not out in a County Championship match against Yorkshire.

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On 7 August 2013 Michael Carberry hit his first T20 century as he reached 100 against Lancashire in the 2013 Friends Life Quarter Final.

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Michael Carberry was appointed captain in October 2017 succeeding Mark Cosgrove.

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Leicestershire announced that Michael Carberry was leaving the club on 17 October 2018.

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Michael Carberry had represented England from U-15 level, he later made his debut for England U-19s against New Zealand U-19s in a Youth Test match in February 1999.

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Michael Carberry went on to play for England U-19s at the 2000 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka.

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Michael Carberry played a total of 6 Youth Test matches and 12 Youth One Day Internationals.

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Michael Carberry's next international honours came after his move to Hampshire, which had revitalised what was a stuttering career.

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Michael Carberry played in 2 Duleep Trophy matches on the tour, making 91 in his first innings of the tour against Central Zone.

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Michael Carberry played a single first-class match for the Lions against the touring New Zealanders on their 2008 tour of England, scoring 41 in the first innings, before being dismissed by Iain O'Brien, while in the second-innings he scored 100 not out.

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Michael Carberry was called into the England Performance Squad for their tour to South Africa in late 2009.

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Michael Carberry instead acted as 12th man in the 3rd and 4th Tests.

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Michael Carberry later played for the England Lions in the United Arab Emirates.

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Michael Carberry played a single List A match against Pakistan A at the DSC Cricket Stadium, in which he was dismissed for a duck by Abdur Rehman.

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Michael Carberry was selected for the opening Test at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

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Michael Carberry opened the batting with Cook, making 30 in the first-innings in an opening stand worth 72, before Carberry fell leg before to Mahmudullah.

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Michael Carberry made 34 in the second-innings, before being dismissed by Abdur Razzak, with England winning the match by 181 runs.

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Michael Carberry demonstrated his highly rated fielding by initiating the run out of Naeem Islam in the Bangladesh first-innings.

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Michael Carberry was called up in summer 2013 to the England squads for both the T20 and ODI series' against Australia.

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Michael Carberry opened the innings with skipper Cook on the second day, and top-scored with 40 runs in a generally composed innings.