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Daryl Mitchell Personal information Full name Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell Born 25 November 1983
Badsey, Worcestershire, EnglandBatting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium pace Role Batsman Domestic team information Years Team 2005- Worcestershire (squad no. 27) First class debut May 8 2005 Worcestershire v Loughborough University Career statistics Competition FC LA T20 Matches 56 48 52 Runs scored 3299 850 408 Batting average 37.48 29.31 17.73 100s/50s 6/17 0/6 0/0 Top score 298 92 39 Balls bowled 1101 1055 791 Wickets 16 27 36 Bowling average 34.68 38.48 29.33 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/49 4/42 4/11 Catches/stumpings 58/0 15/0 17/0 Source: Cricket Archive, July 19 2010 Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell (born in Badsey, Worcestershire on 25 November 1983) is an English cricketer. Primarily a right-handed batsman who often opens the innings, Mitchell also bowls right-arm medium pace. He currently plays first class cricket for Worcestershire. He was appointed vice-captain for the 2010 season, and made captain when Vikram Solanki resigned in mid-August.
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Career
Debut
After having appeared fairly regularly in the Worcestershire second team since 2002, Mitchell made his first-class debut for the county in May 2005 against Loughborough UCCE at Kidderminster. He made only five and 12 as Worcestershire slumped to an eight-wicket defeat, but after a few weeks out of the side Mitchell returned to the first team, and in mid-June he scored 63 against Leicestershire.
Mitchell's first full season was in the Twenty20 Cup saw a failure with the bat – an aggregate of just nine runs in four innings – balanced by five wickets in 13 overs with the ball, including 2-26 against Somerset.
2006-2008
After a successful winter playing in Australia, Mitchell began the 2006 season as a first choice opener in the absence of overseas player Phil Jaques and scored his first half-century of the season against Somerset.
2009
Mitchell endured a tricky 2009 season, struggling to make the impression at the top of the order he did the season before with Stephen Moore. However, Mitchell produced a strong batting performance in the penultimate Championship game of the season against Somerset at Taunton. He struck 298, his maiden first-class double century and the fifth highest individual score by a Worcestershire batsman, which included 54 boundaries and one six. He also became the first cricketer in history to be dismissed for that score.[1]
During an end-of-season 20-over benefit match, Mitchell further demonstrated his versatility by keeping wicket, taking two stumpings.[2]
2010
Mitchell was appointed vice-captain to Vikram Solanki for the start of the season, replacing the departed Gareth Batty.[3] He struck a rich vein of form that season, scoring four centuries and 1,000 runs by mid-August. Three of his centuries came in consecutive innings, two against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham, where he led Worcestershire to an improbable victory having been 202 behind on first innings,[4] and another, a fine 165, against Glamorgan.[5] Following defeat in this last match, Solanki resigned as captain, and Mitchell was immediately appointed his successor.[6]
Career Best Performances
as of 19 July 2010
Batting Bowling Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season FC 298 Worcestershire v Somerset Taunton 2009 4-49 Worcestershire v Yorkshire Headingley 2009 LA 92 Worcestershire v Somerset Taunton 2008 4-42 Worcestershire v Lancashire Worcester 2006 T20 39 Worcestershire v Lancashire Worcester 2010 4-11 Worcestershire v Gloucestershire Bristol 2008 Notes
- ^ Lynch, Steven (September 22, 2009). "England's worst one-day run, and an innings of 298". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/425949.html. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ^ Worcs v Worcs Legends, 2009
- ^ 'Daryl Mitchell appointed vice-captain' Cricinfo report
- ^ Fourth day report from Cricinfo
- ^ Match scorecard
- ^ 'Solanki resigns as Worcestershire captain' BBC report
External links
- Player Profile: Daryl Mitchell (cricketer) from ESPNcricinfo
- Player Profile: Daryl Mitchell (cricketer) from CricketArchive
Sporting positions Preceded by
Vikram SolankiWorcestershire County Cricket Captain
2010 to presentSucceeded by
IncumbentWorcestershire County Cricket Club – current squad 2 Wright · 3 Solanki · 5 Kervezee · 8 Moeen Ali · 9 Richardson · 10 Cox (wk) · 11 Shantry · 14 Andrew · 16 Cameron · 17 Whelan · 18 Russell · 19 Pardoe · 20 Pinner · 21 Imran Arif · 22 Kapil · 23 Leach · 24 Mason · 25 Jones · 26 Manuel · 27 Mitchell (c) · 28 Choudhry · 30 Wheeldon · – B. D'Oliveira · Coaches: Rhodes · B. Smith · D. D'Oliveira
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Wychavon (district)
- English cricketers
- Worcestershire cricketers
- Alumni of Loughborough University
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