Michael William Barnes is a former English

English people

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 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"....

. Barnes is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Frimley

Frimley

Frimley is a small English town situated 2 miles south of Camberley, in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire. It is about 31 miles west south-west of Central London. It is part of the Borough of Surrey Heath...

, Surrey

Surrey

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. He was educated at Bohunt School

Bohunt School

Bohunt School is a state run Secondary School located in the rural village of Liphook, Hampshire. It is co-educational and takes children from age 11-16 and currently has over 1200 pupils enrolled...

 in Liphook

Liphook

Liphook is a large village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.1 miles west of Haslemere, on the A3 road, and lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex border.Liphook has its own railway station, on the Portsmouth Direct Line....

, Hampshire

Hampshire

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 and later at South Downs College

South Downs College

South Downs College is a further education college located in Waterlooville, to the north of Portsmouth, England.The College occupies a single site, purpose-built campus on Portsdown Hill, within the Borough of Havant....

 in Waterlooville

Waterlooville

Waterlooville is a town in Hampshire, England approximately 8 miles north of Portsmouth.The town has a population itself of about 10,000 and is surrounded by Purbrook, Blendworth, Cowplain, Lovedean, Clanfield, Catherington, Crookhorn, Denmead, Hambledon, Horndean and Widley. It forms part of...

, Hampshire.

Barnes played a single first-class

First-class cricket

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 match for Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

 in the 2007 County Championship

2007 County Championship

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. He was not called upon to bat during the match, but from behind the stumps he took 5 catches. He also played a single List-A match for Warwickshire against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy

2007 Friends Provident Trophy

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. In his only List-A match, he scored 1 run and from behind the stumps he took 5 catches. He was released by Warwickshire at the end of the 2007 season

2007 English cricket season

The 2007 English cricket season began on Saturday 14 April 2007 with the match between MCC and the 2006 county champions Sussex at Lord's.-Roll of honour:Test series*England v West Indies: 4 Tests - England won 3–0....

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External links

• Michael Barnes at Cricinfo
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• Michael Barnes at CricketArchive
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