{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Michael Gerald Howat | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|3|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tavistock, Devon, England | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = Gerald Howat (father) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1977–1980 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 26 | runs1 = 194 | bat avg1 = 10.21 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 32 | deliveries1 = 2,942 | wickets1 = 26 | bowl avg1 = 60.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 3/39 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 2 | bat avg2 = 2.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 2 | deliveries2 = 54 | wickets2 = 0 | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 4 September | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14993.html Cricinfo }}
'''Michael Gerald Howat''' (born '''Michael Gerald Henderson-Howat''', born 2 March 1958) is an English former cricketer.
==Life and education== Howat is the son of the cricketer and schoolmaster Gerald Howat. He was born in March 1958 at Tavistock. He was educated at Abingdon School from 1968 until 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1968_October_V014_N006.pdf#page=65|title=Salvete|publisher=The Abingdonian}}</ref>
==Cricket career==
Howat started playing cricket for the under-13 team before being selected for the second XI in 1971 and the first XI by 1974. He won the Morris Cup for the best all-rounder and broke the School record by claiming 62 wickets in one season. He was also a competent field hockey player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1975_November_V016_N008.pdf#page=15|title=Sport Cricket|publisher=The Abingdonian}}</ref> He later studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=660 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
While studying at Cambridge,<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Howat Profile - Cricket Player England |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/michael-howat-14993 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Leicestershire at Fenner's in 1977. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1980, making 26 appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30418/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Michael Howat |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his 26 matches, he took 26 wickets with his right-arm medium-fast bowling at a high average of 60.00, with best figures of 3 for 39.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30418/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Michael Howat |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> With the bat, he scored 194 runs at a batting average of 10.21, with a high score of 32.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30418/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Howat |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Michael Howat (26) |url=https://stats.acscricket.com/Archive/Players/30/30418/First-Class_Matches.html |website=stats.acscricket.com}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made two List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team, making a single appearance apiece in the 1978 and 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30418/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Michael Howat |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Old Abingdonians
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=14993}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howat, Michael}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Tavistock Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Category:English cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:British Universities cricketers Category:Cricketers from Devon Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:20th-century English sportsmen