“Carbs” is a left-hand opening batsman, outstanding fielder and occasional right-arm off-break bowler.
He was born in Croydon, Surrey and played for his home county and Kent before joining Hampshire in 2006, a year in which he was awarded his county cap.
He has previously played for England Under-19s at the World Cup in 2000 and went on to tour Bangladesh with England ‘A’ in 2007. He played for England Lions in 2008, and was again selected for the England Performance Squad in 2009/10.
Michael suffered a life-threatening illness during the winter of 2010 meaning he missed half the 2011 season. However, when he returned he more than made up for it; Carberry combined with Neil McKenzie and Jimmy Adams to break not one but two Hampshire all-time wicket partnerships.
He scored an unbeaten 300 and put on a massive 523 with the former for the third wicket against Yorkshire at the Utilita Bowl (a score that also ranks as the ninth-highest partnership in the history of First-Class cricket and Hampshire's highest ever partnership score). He followed that with a stand of 373 with Adams against Somerset at Taunton, surpassing a 90-year old second-wicket record on the way.
Despite further injuries in 2012 he finishing as top run-scorer in Hampshire's triumphant 40-over campaign with 598 at an awesome average of 85.42 and continued his good form in limited overs cricket into 2013. In August he became only the third Hampshire player to record a Twenty20 century; against Lancashire in the Friends Life t20 Quarter Final at Utilita Bowl.
That earned him a call-up to England's International T20 squad for a two match Series which included an opening fixture on his home ground.
After finishing as the Club's leading run-scorer in the 2013 T20 competition, Carberry was named Hampshire's 2013 Batsman of the Year.
Carberry enjoyed another impressive season with the bat in 2014, averaging a useful 42.3 in 12 LV= County Championship matches across the year.
However, it was in the NatWest T20 Blast campaign which saw Carberry particularly stand out finishing as Hampshire’s second highest runs-scorer in the competition, notching 432 runs at an average of 32.6.
His impressive display saw him earn a contract with the Perth Scorchers in the 2014-15 Big Bash competition in Australia where he played a big part in their efforts to win the title.
Despite unusually going the whole season without scoring a century, Carberry enjoyed one of his best seasons in Championship cricket for years in 2015. Consistent runs at the top of the order saw Carberry finish the fifth leading runs-scorer in Division One after accumulating 1129 runs.
Not for the first time, Carberry also made valuable contributions opening up in white ball cricket and he was awarded the Marston’s Batsman of the Year at the end of the 2015 season.
Carberry surpassed 13,000 first-class runs in the 2016 season, but the batsman took a break from cricket to focus on his personal health in July. However, he bounced back stronger, smashing with a century in his first game back, hitting 100 in a clash with Cardiff MCCU in April 2017.
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