Powell was born at Bolton in 1975 and educated at Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby.[2] He captained Warwickshire from 2001 to 2003.[1] In the 2001 season, the team were promoted from Division Two to Division One of the County Championship, and in the 2002 season they finished as runners-up in Division One, as well as winning the Benson & Hedges Cup Final at Lord's.
Powell was awarded a Benefit Year in 2008[3] but did not have his contract renewed at the end of that season following an appraisal of the playing staff under new coach Ashley Giles[4] He has since coached cricket at Rugby School and in February 2010 it was announced that Powell would be working with Cricket Scotland as their new High Performance batting coach with a specific remit of developing and improving young Scottish cricketers.[5]
References
^ abMike Powell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2023.