Mike Whitney
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| Full name | Michael Roy Whitney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 1959 Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 313) | 13 August 1981 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 December 1992 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 76) | 17 March 1983 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 10 January 1993 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980/81–1993/94 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Roy Whitney
Cricket career
Whitney grew up in
He later played 10 more Tests between 1987 and 1993.[2] His best performance was in 1992. He took 11 wickets in a match against India in Perth, including 7 for 27 in the second innings. He was named Man of the Match. Whitney also took 7 for 89 in the first innings of the Fifth Test against the West Indies in Adelaide in 1989. He toured the West Indies in 1991 and Sri Lanka in 1992.[3] He played 38 One Day Internationals, and was Australia's leading wicket-taker and most economical bowler in the 1992 World Cup.[4]
A notoriously poor batsman, in 1987, while playing in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand and batting at number 11, he survived 18
Rugby league administrator
On 8 March 2009, Whitney was inducted as a life member by the South Sydney Rabbitohs for his contribution in being a Director and Deputy Chairman on the Football Club Board in the critical period during the club's battle for reinstatement to the competition between 1999 and 2001. He also played a decisive role with media personality Andrew Denton and lawyer Nick Pappas (current Rabbitohs Chairman) in attracting fellow Life Member Kerry Stokes to the club as a major sponsor just before its readmission to the competition in 2002, a coup that ensured the club's ability to make its triumphant return to the NRL competition.
Television presenter
After retiring from cricket, he worked in the broadcast media from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. In 1994, Whitney hosted Great Ideas for the ABC. In 1995, he began working for the Seven Network and started hosting Sydney Weekender.[6]
From 1995 to 1996, he was the referee on the Australian version of TV game show Gladiators. Nationally, he was the host of Who Dares Wins (made in Australia, the show has been seen in America on cable's Game Show Network) alongside Tania Zaetta from 1996 to 1998; the show was also popular in India on the AXN network. In 2007, Whitney hosted Last Chance Learners. He also worked as a reporter at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games for the Seven Network.
In January 2022, the Seven Network announced that Whitney would depart Sydney Weekender, after presenting the show for almost 30 years. His role was filled by former athlete and Seven News sports reporter Matt Shirvington.[7]
Books
Whitney wrote a book of memoirs, Quick Whit: The Mike Whitney Story (1993), and a book of stories from his cricket-playing days and his travels, Whiticisms (1996).
Mike Whitney Band
From 2007 to 2019, Whitney toured with his
References
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Whitney waits for call back to baggy green". The Canberra Times. 21 December 1987. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Welch, Kalila (28 January 2022). "Mike Whitney departs Sydney Weekender after 27 years". Mumbrella. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
External links
- Mike Whitney at IMDb
