Born On This Day: 12th February

Michael John Lumb, was born in Johannesburg South Africa, in 1980.

He was a left-handed batsman; the son of Richard who opened for Yorkshire 1970-1984. He played for the South Africans under-19 sides and when he came to England to pursue a career in county cricket, he too joined Yorkshire, playing there from 2000-2006 before joining Hampshire, where he played from 2007-2011, scoring 2,997 first-class runs at 36.54 with four centuries. He moved then to Nottinghamshire, retiring through injury in 2017.

For Hampshire, his best first-class season was 2009 when he passed 1,000 runs at 43.75 and scored 219 v Nottinghamshire, but for the next two seasons he struggled with injury before departing. He was a very effective batsman in the shorter forms, scoring 1,958 limited-overs runs at 39.16 with two centuries and 19 half-centuries, and in T20 he passed 1,000 runs at 24.46 with a best of 124* and six half-centuries. 

He also played T20 cricket for various sides around the world, and in three ODIs for England, including a century v West Indies, and 27 IT20s, appearing in the England side that won the Caribbean World Cup in 2010.

Also today: AC (Alexander) Shirreff, Reece Topley.