Constantine Anthony Michael (born 12 January 1953) is a former Australian

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er who played three first-class matches for

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. Born in Victoria Park, a suburb of

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia, Michael attended

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, and represented Western Australia at colts level. He made his first-class debut for Western Australia in a

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match against

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during the 1979–80 season. Filling the role of

Dennis Lillee Dennis Keith Lillee, (born 18 July 1949) is a retired Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation".

, who had been selected for the Australian national team in the Test series against the

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, Michael was the third

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in the team, alongside

Terry Alderman Terence Michael Alderman (born 12 June 1956) is a former Australian international cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He began his first-class cricket career during the 1974–75 season with Western Australia in t ...

and Mick Malone, and took 1/14 and 2/20 on debut. He retained his place in the side for the following match against

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, taking 2/39 and 0/54, but was not selected at Sheffield Shield level again. Michael's third and final first-class match came against the touring West Indians in early January 1980, and recorded his best first-class haul opening the bowling with Alderman, dismissing the West Indies' first three batsman in the second innings (

Lawrence Rowe Lawrence George Rowe (born 8 January 1949) is a former West Indian cricketer. A stylish top order batsman, he also played for Jamaica and Derbyshire in his cricketing career. Rowe was later named as one of Jamaica's top five cricketers of the 2 ...

Desmond Haynes Desmond Leo Haynes (born 15 February 1956) is a former Barbadian cricketer and cricket coach who played for the West Indies cricket team between 1978 and 1994. He was a member of the squads which won the 1979 Cricket World Cup as well as finis ...

, and

Larry Gomes Hilary Angelo Gomes (born 13 July 1953) is a Trinidad and Tobago and West Indian former cricketer of Portuguese descent. He was a member of the squad which won the 1979 Cricket World Cup and finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cu ...

) on the way to figures of 3/75. He was also twelfth man in a

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match between the two sides played shortly after the first match.Western Australia v West Indians
West Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1979/80 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2012. At

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level, Michael played for North Perth, and led the competition's bowling aggregates during the 1977–78 season, with 47 wickets.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Michael, Con 1953 births Australian cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Living people People educated at Guildford Grammar School Western Australia cricketers Sportsmen from Western Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen