Micky Stewart

Micky Stewart
Stewart in 2019
Personal information
Full name
Michael James Stewart
Born (1932-09-16) 16 September 1932 (age 92)
Herne Hill, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
RelationsAlec Stewart (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 412)21 June 1962 v Pakistan
Last Test26 January 1964 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954–1972Surrey
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 8 530 75
Runs scored 385 26,491 1,172
Batting average 35.00 32.90 16.74
100s/50s 0/2 49/132 1/3
Top score 87 227* 101
Balls bowled 136 1
Wickets 1 0
Bowling average 99.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/4
Catches/stumpings 6/– 635/– 24/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England as Coach
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1987 India and Pakistan
Runner-up 1992 Australia and New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 October 2009

Michael James Stewart OBE (born 16 September 1932) is an English former cricketer, coach and administrator. A right-handed batsman, Stewart's international career was hampered by illness that curtailed his first overseas tour – serving as vice-captain in India in 1963–64 – and he made only eight Test appearances in all, scoring two half-centuries. His domestic career for Surrey spanned eighteen years, in which he scored over 26,000 first-class runs with forty-nine centuries. He made a century on debut for his county, against Pakistan, and went on to break the then-world record number of catches in a match in 1957 with his strong fielding. He captained Surrey between 1963 and 1972, winning the County Championship in 1971. After retiring, he became a manager at the club and later for England until 1992. He then worked for the ECB until 1997.[1] He was the coach of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1987 Cricket World Cup.

Stewart was awarded the OBE in 1998 for services to cricket. The cricket writer Colin Bateman commented, "a staunch patriot and the toughest of opponents, he stamped his mark on Test cricket as England's first full-time manager far more emphatically than he did as a player".[1] His son, Alec Stewart, went on to play over 100 Tests for England.

  1. ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 162–163. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.