11 Facts About Mike Selvey

Mike Selvey served as the 25th President of Middlesex.

Mike Selvey played cricket for Surrey and Cambridge University before joining Middlesex in 1972, where he spent the majority of his playing career.

Mike Selvey made a dramatic debut in Test cricket against the West Indies at Old Trafford in 1976, when he opened the bowling and took the wickets of Roy Fredericks, Viv Richards and Alvin Kallicharran for only six runs in his first 20 balls.

Mike Selvey took 4 for 41 in that innings, and 6 for 152 in the match, but still ended on the losing side as England were beaten by 425 runs.

Mike Selvey only played two more Tests and failed to take a single wicket in either of them, in part due to Alan Knott dropping a routine chance from Roy Fredericks in Selvey's second test at the Oval in the same year; the West Indies went on to make 687 as England were blunted by Viv Richards' 291.

Mike Selvey was in the Middlesex teams that won two Gillette Cups, in 1977 and in 1980 in a London derby final against Surrey, when he again bowled a tight spell to restrict the opposition.

Mike Selvey took 101 first-class wickets for Middlesex in the 1978 season, a feat that has not been matched by any Middlesex fast bowler since.

Shortly after his retirement from playing cricket, Mike Selvey became cricket correspondent of The Guardian newspaper.

Mike Selvey retired on 23 September 2016 after 31 years in the role.

Mike Selvey joined BBC Radio's Test Match Special as a summariser, beginning with England's 1984 tour to India; he continued with this role until being dropped from the team in 2008.

Mike Selvey has since become a regular summariser and guest on Talksport.