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Michael John Froud Shrimpton (23 June 1940 – 13 June 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer and coach. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played 10 Tests from 1963 to 1974, but was never able to establish himself in the side. He played for Central Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket from 1961–62 to 1979–80, except for 1974–75, when he played for Northern Districts. ==Career in the 1960s== Shrimpton's first first-class century came in the last match of his debut season in 1961–62, when he scored 119, helping to save the game after Central Districts had trailed Canterbury by 230 runs on the first innings. In his next game, in the 1962–63 season, also against Canterbury, he hit 150, which remained his highest first-class score. He was selected for the Second and Third Tests against England later that season, making 31, 10, 21 and 8. David Sheppard thought him "a most promising player, full of fight and determination".〔David Sheppard, ''Parson's Pitch'', Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994, p. 87.〕 Although he failed to reach 50 in the 1963–64 season he played one of the Tests against South Africa, making a pair. He returned to form in 1964–65, scoring 367 runs at 45.87 with three 50s, but was not selected for the Tests against Pakistan or the tour of India, Pakistan and England that followed. After previously batting in the middle order he was promoted to open the batting in the last Plunket Shield game of the 1965–66 season and made 30 and 29 in a low-scoring match against Otago in Dunedin. He was selected to open for the New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the MCC a fortnight later and made 58 and 46. He opened for New Zealand in the three Tests against England that followed, but made only 68 runs, including 38 in the first innings of the Second Test, when he made the second-top score. He spent the northern summers of 1966 and 1967 playing as Royton's professional in the Central Lancashire League. In 1966 he made 679 runs at 33.95 and took 47 wickets at 16.89, playing with "splendid consistency"〔Wisden 1967, p. 740.〕 and in 1967 his 423 runs at 26.44 and 61 wickets at 10.34 took Royton to second on the final table.〔Wisden 1968, p. 750.〕 He played two matches for Lancashire Second XI in 1967. He returned to New Zealand cricket in 1967–68 with enhanced bowling skills, but it was not until 1968–69 that he began to exploit them at first-class level. He scored 401 runs at 50.12 and took 6 wickets at 22.33 that season without making the Test side against the West Indies or the touring side to England, India and Pakistan in 1969. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Shrimpton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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