{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Mike Finan | image = 1 28 Michael Finan.jpg | caption = Finan in 2023 | fullname = Michael George Anthony Finan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|8|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tameside, Cheshire, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Left-arm medium | role = Bowler | family =

| club1 = Leicestershire | year1 = {{nowrap|2022–2023}} | clubnumber1 = 4 | club2 = Northamptonshire | year2 = 2024 | clubnumber2 = 4

| type1 = First-class | debutdate1 = 5 September | debutyear1 = 2022 | debutfor1 = Leicestershire | debutagainst1 = Notts | type2 = List A | debutdate2 = 20 August | debutyear2 = 2022 | debutfor2 = Leicestershire | debutagainst2 = Notts

| columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 141 | bat avg1 = 11.75 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 58 | deliveries1 = 1,020 | wickets1 = 21 | bowl avg1 = 41.19 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/58 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 4 | runs2 = 18 | bat avg2 = 6.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 15 | deliveries2 = 144 | wickets2 = 0 | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 2/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 7 | runs3 = 55 | bat avg3 = 11.00 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 20 | deliveries3 = 147 | wickets3 = 7 | bowl avg3 = 37.57 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 3/39 | catches/stumpings3 = 6/–

| date = 19 August 2024 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/michael-finan-1023059 ESPNcricinfo }}

'''Michael George Anthony Finan''' (born 11 August 1996) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed bat and left-arm medium pace bowler.

==Early life== From Dukinfield, Finan had played in the Lancashire system between under-14s to under-19 level, as well as for Dukinfield between the ages of nine and 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2022/10/04/club-cricketer-to-county-star-in-matter-of-few-crazy-weeks-for-finan|website=Tameside Correspondent|title=Club cricketer to county star in matter of few ‘crazy’ weeks for Finan|first=Tony|last=Bugby|date=October 4, 2022|accessdate=April 16, 2023}}</ref>

==Career== Finan signed for Leicestershire in August 2022 after a short trial. He had previously played for Cheshire in the minor counties and second-XI cricket for Yorkshire and Northants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/michael_finan_leicestershire_two_year_deal|title=Michael Finan joins Leicestershire on two-year deal after successful trial|website=The Cricketer}}</ref>

Finan made his List-A debut for Leicestershire on the 20 August 2022 against Nottinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/62617122|title=Michael Finan: Leicestershire sign seamer on two-year deal|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> Finan made his first class debut for Leicestershire on 5 September 2022 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. Notts won the match by 241 runs but Finan hit a half-century on debut and his wickets included England international opener Haseeb Hameed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-two-2022-1310355/nottinghamshire-vs-leicestershire-1297763/match-report-3|title=NOTTS vs LEICS|website=espncricinfo}}</ref> Finan took five wickets in an innings for the first time during his third first-class match, against Middlesex. He signed a two-year contract with Leicestershire on 1 November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tamesidecorrespondent.co.uk/2022/10/04/club-cricketer-to-county-star-in-matter-of-few-crazy-weeks-for-finan/|website=Tamesidecorrespondent|title= Club cricketer to county star in matter of few ‘crazy’ weeks for Finan|first= Tony|last= Bugby |date=October 4, 2022 |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finan, Michael}} Category:1996 births Category:English cricketers Category:Leicestershire cricketers Category:Northamptonshire cricketers Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Tameside (district) Category:Cricketers from Greater Manchester Category:21st-century English sportsmen