Michael Roy Whitney AM (born 24 February 1959) is a retired Australian television personality and former cricketer, who played in 12 Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals between 1981 and 1993.
He is one of only three fast bowlers to take more than three hundred first-class wickets for New South Wales; the others are Geoff Lawson and Trent Copeland.
Injuries to Rodney Hogg and Geoff Lawson in the Australian squad led to Whitney playing the final two tests of the tour.
[3] He played 38 One Day Internationals, and was Australia's leading wicket-taker and most economical bowler in the 1992 World Cup.
[4] A notoriously poor batsman, in 1987, while playing in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand and batting at number 11, he survived 18 deliveries and held off Sir Richard Hadlee to help secure a draw for Australia.
He also played a decisive role with media personality Andrew Denton and lawyer Nick Pappas (current Rabbitohs Chairman) in attracting fellow Life Member Kerry Stokes to the club as a major sponsor just before its readmission to the competition in 2002, a coup that ensured the club's ability to make its triumphant return to the NRL competition.
In January 2022, the Seven Network announced that Whitney would depart Sydney Weekender, after presenting the show for almost 30 years.
After thirteen and a half years, the band played its last gig at the Bayview Hotel in the Sydney suburb of Gladesville on 8 June 2019.