Aneesh Kapil

Aneesh Kapil (born 3 August 1993) is an English first-class cricketer who has played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club and Surrey. A right-handed batsman and right-hand fast-medium pace bowler he made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Sussex in August 2011.

Aneesh Kapil
Personal information
Full name
Aneesh Kapil
Born (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993
Wolverhampton, England
NicknameSimba[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2013Worcestershire (squad no. 22)
2014–2016Surrey (squad no. 47)
2019Sussex
FC debut10 August 2011 Worcestershire v Sussex
LA debut22 May 2011 Worcestershire v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 15 20 14
Runs scored 499 315 63
Batting average 21.69 26.25 7.87
100s/50s 1/1 0/1 0/0
Top score 104* 59 15
Balls bowled 550 233 84
Wickets 14 5 6
Bowling average 29.14 58.80 17.83
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/17 1/18 3/9
Catches/stumpings 4/– 3/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 August 2019

County career

Kapil's first competitive appearance for Worcestershire came in a List A game against Yorkshire in May 2011. He scored 44 from 55 balls, ending up second top scorer for Worcestershire as they posted a disappointing 155. Kapil bowled 5 overs in the reply going for 21 in a seven wicket defeat.[2] Kapil made his Twenty20 debut in June 2011 playing against Lancashire in an 8-run loss at Old Trafford.[3] On 29 June 2011, Kapil played in a T20 match against Northamptonshire, Kapil claimed 3 wickets for 9 runs restricting Northamptonshire to 129 as Worcestershire won by 6 wickets.[4] In July 2011, Kapil played in five youth one-day Internationals for England U-19. His best performances came in the second and fifth games. In the first Youth ODI Kapil starred with the ball taking 4 wickets for 36 as England won by six wickets.[5] In the fifth ODI, Kapil scored 54 runs from 45 balls in a one-wicket loss for England.[6] Kapil played in a first-class match against Lancashire in August 2011; he took 3 wickets and scored 31 in the match as Worcestershire lost by 98 runs.[7]

Kapil and Worcestershire were unable to come to an agreement on a contract extension, allegedly due to unrealistic wage demands, and Kapil left Worcestershire at the end of the 2013 season.

In April 2014 Kapil joined Surrey on a trial. He played in the second eleven championship match against Gloucestershire at Bristol and two one day second eleven trophy matches against Gloucestershire and Sussex at Bristol and Horsham respectively. He was then registered by Surrey and made his first-class debut for the County at Canterbury on 4 May against Kent. He scored his maiden first class century against New Zealand A that same year. After an impressive 2014 season he was rewarded a contract extension, before ultimately being released in 2018.

He is currently pursuing legal action against his former employers Sussex, accusing them of sabotaging his cricketing career [8]

References
  1. "Aneesh Kapil". Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. "Worcestershire v Yorkshire". ESPN Cricinfo. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. "Worcestershire v Lancashire". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. "Worcestershire v Northamptonshire". ESPN Cricinfo. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  5. "England U-19 v South Africa U-19". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  6. "England U-19 v South Africa U-19". ESPN Cricinfo. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  7. "Worcestershire v Lancashire". ESPN Cricinfo. 17–20 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  8. "Aneesh Kapil accuses "malicious" Sussex of sabotaging career". TheCricketer. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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