Michael Voss (cricketer)

Michael Frederick Voss (born 10 November 1966) is a former South African cricketer. Voss was a left-handed batsman. He was born in Cape Town, Cape Province.

Voss made his first-class debut for Western Province B against Orange Free State 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.^[1] In his eight first-class appearances for Western Province B, he scored 542 runs at an average of 33.87, with a high score of 115.^[2] This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Northern Transvaal B in 1991.^[3]

He also played first-class cricket for the Western Province first team, making his debut for the province against Transvaal in the 1990/91 Currie Cup. He made nine further first-class appearances for the province, the last of which came against Natal in the 1992/93 Castle Cup.^[4] 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.^[2] It was for Western Province that he made his List A 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.^[4] 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.^[5] In 1991, he played a single List A match in England for Hertfordshire in the NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire.^[4] He scored 2 runs in this match, before being dismissed by Paul Smith.^[6] Voss didn't feature in any Minor counties fixtures for the county.