Mike Brearley

Mike Brearley

OBE
Brearley pictured standing
Personal information
Full name
John Michael Brearley
Born (1942-04-28) 28 April 1942 (age 82)
Harrow, Middlesex, England
NicknameBrears, Scagg
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
RelationsHorace Brearley (father)
Mana Sarabhai (spouse)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 465)3 June 1976 v West Indies
Last Test27 August 1981 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 38)2 June 1977 v Australia
Last ODI22 January 1980 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1961–1983Middlesex
1961–1968Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 39 25 455 272
Runs scored 1,442 510 25,186 6135
Batting average 22.88 24.28 37.81 26.44
100s/50s 0/9 0/3 45/134 3/37
Top score 91 78 312* 124*
Balls bowled 0 0 315 48
Wickets 3 4
Bowling average 64.00 15.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/6 2/3
Catches/stumpings 52/– 12/– 418/12 111/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1979 England
Source: Cricinfo, 8 February 2008

John Michael Brearley OBE (born 28 April 1942) is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. He was the captain of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Brearley captained the international side in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 18 and losing only 4.[1] He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2007–08. Since his retirement from professional cricket he has pursued a career as a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist (registered with the BPC), motivational speaker, and writer, serving as President of the British Psychoanalytical Society 2008–10. In 2015, an article in the Bleacher Report ranked Brearley as England's greatest ever cricket captain.[2]

Brearley is married to Mana Sarabhai who is from Ahmedabad, India and they have two children together.[3]

  1. ^ "Statistics, Team Records, Test Matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ^ Lancaster, Rob. "Ranking England's 12 Greatest Test Captains". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ Pleydell-Bouverie, Clare. "The Brearleys". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.