However, he averaged 3.5 catches per match as wicket keeper in 2010, a Hampshire record for a season. His average is less in the shorter forms: 8.36 in List A games 10.5 in T20. He subsequently rejoined Wiltshire for 2016.īates batting averages 21.2 in first-class cricket, scoring one century in his first 60 innings. His contract was extended to the end of the 2015 season on 5 July 2015 on the recommendation of Somerset's Director of Cricket Matthew Maynard, but was not extended beyond that, and he was released. He made his debut for the county in the first-class match against Nottinghamshire. However, after the retirement of Craig Kieswetter due to injury, an out-of-form Alex Barrow and an injury to second choice 'keeper James Regan, after playing in a trial match for the second II, Bates signed a monthlong contract with Somerset in June 2015. Somerset: 2015 Īfter trials at Essex, he signed for Minor Counties team Wiltshire. As a result, he was released at the end of the 2014 season on expiry of his contract. For the 2013 season, Hampshire signed wicket keeper/batsman Adam Wheater from Essex, which limited Bates to mainly T20 and second II cricket for the following two seasons. The couple tied the knot in December 1987 and. Veteran keeper Nic Pothas' injury meant that Bates played a lot of matches in 2011, and whilst his batting was rarely needed his tidy work behind the stumps and especially the pressure he created standing up to the likes of Dominic Cork and Chris Wood was vital to winning. The Bates brood Gil Bates and Kelly Bates have 19 children and document their family’s lives on Bringing Up Bates. Bates was an integral part Hampshire's team that won the 2010 Friends Provident T20. Bates played for England in the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup.īates made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in 2010. Bates represented the England U-19 cricket team, playing one Youth Test match and ten Youth One Day Internationals. He joined Hampshire's under-10 academy team, and progressed through their youth ranks. Career Youth īates was born at Frimley, Surrey, and was educated at Lord Wandsworth College, Hook, Hampshire. Bates is regarded by some as England's best wicket-keeper, but consider his batting is not up to the same standards. Bates is a right-handed batsman who plays as a wicket-keeper. Michael David Bates (born 10 October 1990) is an English cricketer.
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