Michael Wight is a Cayman Islands cricketer

Cricketer

A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....

. A right-handed batsman and leg spin

Leg spin

Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action, causing the ball to spin from right to left in the cricket pitch, at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left, that...

 bowler, he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since the year 2000.

Career

Wight made his debut for the Cayman Islands in August 2000, playing against the USA in the Americas Championship

ICC Americas Championship

The ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Americas Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas...

 at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club

Maple Leaf Cricket Club

The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...

 in King City, Ontario

King City, Ontario

King City is an affluent, unincorporated village in King Township, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Toronto. It is the largest community in King Township, with 1,629 dwellings and a population of 4,902.-History:...

. Later in the year, he made his List A debut, playing for the Caymans in the Red Stripe Bowl against Guyana

Guyana national cricket team

The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana.It does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies...

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He again played in the Americas Championship in 2002 and 2004, before playing in the repêchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy

2005 ICC Trophy

Ireland beat Bermuda easily as Ed Joyce made 103 for the hosts in Stormont.----Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs as Thomas Munkholt Hansen took 6 for 30 to carry Denmark to a 28-run win over Uganda in Muckamore. Denmark made 197 with Henrik Saxe Hansen making 71...

 in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

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 in February 2005.

The following year, he played against the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago in the Stanford 20/20

Stanford 20/20

The Stanford 20/20 Tournament was a cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda and the same place the year after...

, before again playing in the Americas Championship in King City. He most recently represented the Cayman Islands in Division Three

2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

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 of the World Cricket League

World Cricket League

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 in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

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, Australia

Australia

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Family

Wight comes from a cricketing family. Three of his brothers; Christopher

Christopher Wight

Christopher Wight is a former cricketer from the Cayman Islands. A wicket-keeper, he played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team from 2000 to 2004.-Career:...

, David

David Wight

David Wight is a former cricketer who played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team from 2000 to 2004.-Career:...

 and Philip

Philip Wight

Philip Wight is a cricketer. The great-nephew of West Indian Test cricketer Vibart Wight, he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since 2000.-Career:...

 have all played cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 for the Cayman Islands. His grandfather Oscar played for Guyana, whilst his great-uncle Vibart played Test cricket

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 for the West Indies. With children named Taylor and Payten. He also has a wife named Judy .