Michael Frederick Voss (born 10 November 1966) is a former South African

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er. Voss was a left-handed

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. He was born in

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. Voss made his first-class debut for Western Province B against

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in the 1984/85 Castle Bowl. His next first-class appearance didn't come until the 1990/91 Castle Bowl when Western Province B played Eastern Province B. He made six further first-class appearances for Western Province B, the last of which came against Natal B in the 1991/92 President's Cup. In his eight first-class appearances for Western Province B, he scored 542 runs at an

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of 33.87, with a high score of 115. This score, which was his only first-class

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, came against Northern Transvaal B in 1991. He also played first-class cricket for the

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first team, making his debut for the province against

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in the 1990/91

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. He made nine further first-class appearances for the province, the last of which came against

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in the 1992/93 Castle Cup. In his ten first-class matches for the team, he scored 331 runs at an average of 17.42, with a high score of 56. It was for Western Province that he made his

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debut for against Eastern Province in the 1990/91 Benson and Hedges Series. He made seven further List A appearances for the province, the last of which came against Transvaal in the 1991/92 Benson and Hedges Series. In his eight List A appearances for the province, he scored 141 runs at an average of 17.62, with a high score of 41. In 1991, he played a single List A match in England for

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in the

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against

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. He scored 2 runs in this match, before being dismissed by

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. Voss didn't feature in any

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fixtures for the county.

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