Michael John Lumb (born 12 February 1980) is a former South African-born English

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er, who played for

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, and

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at county level and England in

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cricket and

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cricket. Born and raised in South Africa, Lumb is a left-handed opening

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and a right-arm

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bowler. He became only the second cricketer after

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to score a century on ODI debut for England and ninth player overall to do so. Lumb was a member of the England team that won the

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Early life and domestic career

The son of prolific Yorkshire opener Richard Lumb, Lumb was born in South Africa and was educated at Montrose Primary, then

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in Johannesburg. He was in the

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squad for the

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. Lumb made his way through the junior teams in Transvaal before returning to his roots to play for

. A hard-hitting batsman, Lumb made his county debut in 2000, scoring 66

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against the touring Zimbabweans. A knee injury in 2001 meant that Lumb played only a small part in Yorkshire's success in winning the

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that year, although he did record a maiden first-class hundred against

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. In doing so, Lumb became part of only the fourth father-and-son pair to score centuries for Yorkshire. Lumb made progress in 2002 by becoming a regular member of both the championship and limited-overs sides and, in 2003, scored close to a thousand first-class runs at an average of over 40, including two centuries and six fifties. He was selected for the ECB National Academy squad the following winter, but failed to kick on as people expected and was dropped by Yorkshire during the 2005 season. He averaged in the middle-thirties for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, with a top score of 144 in 2006 but, at the end of the season, decided against renewing his contract and moved to

for the

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. In July 2009, some good form for Hampshire, particularly when opening the batting in the One-Day and

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games, led for his inclusion in the England Cricket Team's provisional 30-man squad for the

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taking place in South Africa during September 2009. Hampshire progressed to the

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final in 2009 and Lumb shared in a 93 run opening partnership with James Adams against

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as Hampshire forged a six wicket win at

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. In the semi-final Lumb had also impressed scoring 76 against

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as he and Adams put on over 150 for the first wicket. Lumb made his highest first-class score against

during a

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game, making 219 runs in Hampshire's first innings. Lumb was signed by former Hampshire teammate

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to play for the

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in the 2010

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, in a deal worth a reported £30,000. For the season of IPL 2011, Lumb was picked up by

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. On 10 November 2010, Lumb agreed to terms with the

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to play in the 2010/11 KFC Big Bash season. On 22 July 2011, Lumb signed with the

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for Australia's

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as one of their two allowed overseas players He was part of the Sixers' squad that won the

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. Lumb scored an unbeaten 82 in the final and was named man of the match. It was announced on 10 August 2011, that Lumb would join

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from the 2012 season, on a 3-year deal.

International career

Lumb was selected in

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's fifteen man squad for the

held in the

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. He made his

debut against the

, where opening the innings, he hit a quickfire 28 before being bowled by

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. Lumb played in all of England's seven matches in the tournament, where he helped to form a fast-paced opening partnership with

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. Lumb scored 137 runs in the tournament at a

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of 19.57 and a high score of 33. Lumb ended on a high note by collecting a winners medal, as England defeated

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by seven wickets to win the tournament. During the match, he ran out

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and scored two runs with the bat off four deliveries. He scored a match winning 50 against India on the second of two games and proved that he deserved a place in the England team. Lumb made his ODI debut against the

on 28 February 2014, where he scored a century. By doing so he become the oldest player to score a hundred on his ODI debut. In the same tour, he scored his highest T20 score and a few months later, was part of England's 2014 ICC Twenty World Cup squad in Bangladesh, playing in all of England's matches.

Retirement

In July 2017, Lumb was forced to retire from cricket due to an ankle injury.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lumb, Michael 1980 births Living people Cricketers from Johannesburg English cricketers England One Day International cricketers England Twenty20 International cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Hampshire cricketers Rajasthan Royals cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Queensland cricketers Sydney Sixers cricketers English expatriate cricketers in Australia Cricketers who made a century on One Day International debut Deccan Chargers cricketers English expatriate cricketers in India South African emigrants to the United Kingdom Alumni of St Stithians College English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 20th-century English sportsmen