Alexander Michael Bates is an English cricket

Cricket

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er who currently plays for Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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. Bates is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper.

Bates has represented the England U-19 cricket team, playing one Youth Test match

Test cricket

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 and ten Youth One Day Internationals. Bates played for England in the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup.

Bates made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

 against Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 at University Parks

University Parks

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, Oxford

Oxford

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 in 2010. Bates was an integral part Hampshire's team that won the 2010 Friends Provident t20. Nic Pothas' injury meant that Bates played a lot of matches and whilst his batting was rarely needed his tidy work behind the stumps and especially the pressure he created standing up to the likes of Dominic Cork and Chris wood was vital to winning.

External links

• Michael Bates on Cricinfo
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• Michael Bates on CricketArchive
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