page_title: Michael Carberry
section_title: Hampshire
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Carberry / Domestic cricket / Hampshire
caption_attribution_description: English: Michael Carberry, celebrating Hampshire's victory over Sussex in the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy final at Lord's.
context_page_description: Michael Alexander Carberry is an English former professional cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Carberry is a left-handed opening batsman who bowls occasional right-arm off breaks.
  Carberry began his career at Surrey, during which time he also played for the Surrey Cricket Board. He played for Surrey from 2001 to 2002, before joining Kent. He played for Kent from 2003 to 2005, before becoming frustrated with his opportunities there. He left Kent at the close of the 2005 season, joined Hampshire for the 2006. Increasingly impressive performances for Hampshire led to international recognition, first with the England Lions, before making his Test debut against Bangladesh on England's 2009–10 tour. In July 2016 Carberry was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour.
context_section_description: Having joined Hampshire on a two-year contract, Carberry made his first-class debut for the county against Lancashire in the 2006 County Championship.  He followed this up by making his limited-overs debut for the county against Ireland in the Cheltenham & Gloucester at Castle Avenue, Dublin.  He firmly established himself in the Hampshire side in 2006, making 15 first-class appearances, in which he scored 938 runs at an average of 36.04, which included two centuries against Warwickshire and Middlesex.  Shown faith by then Hampshire captain Shane Warne and coach Paul Terry, Carberry also appeared in 15 List A matches in his first season at the Rose Bowl, scoring 541 runs at an average of 36.06, with a high score of 88.  He continued his previous seasons form with Kent, he performed well in the 2006 Twenty20 Cup, scoring 222 runs at an average of 27.75, with a high score of 90 against Middlesex.  His performances that season saw him selected for the England A tour to Bangladesh.
  The 2007 season was to prove even more successful for Carberry, with him scoring 1,067 first-class runs, which came at an average of 50.80, the first time his batting average had gone above 50 for a season.  He struck his highest first-class score that season, making 192 not out against Warwickshire.  He played 14 List A matches in 2007, scoring 345 runs with a high score of 75 not out.  Additionally, he played part in guiding Hampshire to the final of the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy at Lord's, although in the final itself against Durham he was dismissed for 23 runs by Graham Onions, with Hampshire losing by 125 runs.  His performances in the 2007 saw Carberry named as the Hampshire Cricket Society Player of the Year, as well as seeing him selected for the England Lions tour of India.  He played for the Marylebone Cricket Club in the Champion County match against Sussex at the beginning of the 2008 season, batting once in the match and scoring 8 runs before being dismissed by Ryan Harris.  His form dropped in 2008, with him scoring 815 first-class runs at average of 31.34, with a single century score of 108 (although this came for England Lions against the touring New Zealanders).  In the 2008 Twenty20 Cup, Carberry had better fortunes, scoring 334 runs at an average of 37.11, with a high score of 58.
  2009 brought further success for Carberry, with him passing 1,000 for the season.  In total, he scored 1,251 runs at an average of 69.50, his best season average up to that part of his career.  He also recorded his first double century that season, which came against Warwickshire.  His total number of runs by August in the County Championship were third overall, behind Marcus Trescothick and Mark Ramprakash.  Ten years after first playing List A cricket, Carberry also scored his maiden century in that format, making an unbeaten 121 against Ireland in the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy, with Carberry sharing in a Hampshire record partnership for the 3rd wicket in List A cricket of 260 with Sean Ervine.  His performances in limited-overs cricket that season were and remain the best of his career, with 431 runs coming at an average of 53.87, the only time in his career to date his season average has passed this mark.  Hampshire reached the final of the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy that season against Sussex, with Carberry scoring 30 runs in Hampshire's chase, before being dismissed by Yasir Arafat.  Nonetheless, Hampshire won by 6 wickets to give Carberry his first silverware with the county.  His good form continued in that seasons Twenty20 Cup, with Carberry scoring 307 runs at an average of 30.70, with a high score of 62.  His rich form led to speculation that he could be called up to the England squad for the deciding 5th Ashes Test as a replacement for the poorly performing Ravi Bopara.  In a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire, Carberry had made 86 runs before being forced to retire his innings after being struck by an Andre Adams delivery, which broke his left ring finger, ruling him out for the rest of that season.  Despite missi
caption: Michael Carberry celebrates after Hampshire defeated Sussex in the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy final at Lord's
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