Michael Munday

Michael Kenneth Munday (born 22 October 1984) is an English cricketer who played for Somerset until 2010. He is a leg break bowler and lower order right-handed batsman.

Michael Munday

Personal information
Full name	Michael Kenneth Munday
Born	(1984-10-22) 22 October 1984 Nottingham, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-hand leg break
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001	Cornwall
2003–2006	Oxford University
2005–2010	Somerset (squad no. 29)
FC debut	12 April 2003 OUCC v Middlesex
Last FC	10 May 2010 Somerset v Hampshire
Only LA	27 July 2001 Cornwall v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 31 1 Runs scored 107 – Batting average 6.29 – 100s/50s 0/0 – Top score 21 – Balls bowled 3,795 30 Wickets 86 1 Bowling average 29.46 39.00 5 wickets in innings 4 0 10 wickets in match 2 0 Best bowling 8/55 1/39 Catches/stumpings 12/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 June 2010

Munday was born at Nottingham and made his Minor Counties debut for Cornwall while playing for Truro School in 2001 and played for them regularly in 2001 and 2002 before playing in the Somerset 2nd XI in late 2002. He played for Oxford University from 2003 to 2006 playing each season in the Varsity match against Cambridge University. His debut First-class match was for Oxford against Middlesex in which his first wickets were future England internationals, Andrew Strauss and Owais Shah.[1]

In 2004, he played two Under-19 Test matches against Bangladesh alongside Somerset team-mate James Hildreth, under the captaincy of opener Alastair Cook.[2] In the 2006 match against Cambridge, he took 11–143 and made his highest first-class innings of 17* enabling Oxford to win by 9 wickets. He made his first-class for Somerset debut in 2005 and also played for them in 2006 although he has yet to become a regular member of the team.

During the 2006 winter season, Munday played A-grade cricket for the Glenelg Cricket Club in Adelaide, Australia where he continued his tuition with leg-spin coach Terry Jenner.[3] Munday's best first-class bowling occurred for Somerset against Nottinghamshire in September 2007 taking 8–55 from 16 overs in the second innings having never taken more than 3 wickets in a championship innings before.[4] He finished with match figures of 10–65. Marcus Trescothick stated after this match that Munday "could be the x factor in helping us win the championship title next season".[5] In August 2010, Somerset's Director of Cricket, Brian Rose announced that Munday's contract would not be renewed for the 2011 season.[6]