Mike Haysman
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| Full name | Michael Donald Haysman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
22 April 1961 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm Off Break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982/83 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983/84 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985/86 | Australian XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987/88 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988/89 | Northern Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 1982 South Australia v Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 6 November 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Donald Haysman (born 22 April 1961) is a South African cricket commentator of Australian origin. Prior to his broadcasting career, he is perhaps best known as a participant in the South African rebel tours.
Career
Haysman was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[1]
As a first class cricketer, he represented Leicestershire, Northern Transvaal, South Australia and Transvaal domestic sides.
From 1985 to 1987, Haysman represented the Australian XI in the South African rebel tours[2]
Haysman worked for SuperSport for over ten years, hosting cricket show Extra Cover and making regular appearances on Super Saturday. On 28 October 2006 he recorded his last SuperSport appearance. He lived in Miami for nearly three years working with Allen Stanford's Caribbean Twenty 20 as commentator and analyst but moved to Los Angeles after Stanford's demise. Haysman now resides in Los Angeles and travels when and where his services are required to host and commentate. Nowadays he is working primarily for SuperSport, ESPN International and Ten Sports.
See also
References
- ↑ Mike Haysman on ESPN Cricinfo
- ↑ "Rebels—the '85 South Africa tour". The Age. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-25.