Daryl Mitchell (English cricketer)

Daryl Mitchell

Personal information
Full name	Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell
Born	25 November 1983 Badsey, Worcestershire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–	Worcestershire (squad no. 27)
2012	Mountaineers
FC debut	8 May 2005 Worcestershire v Loughborough UCCE
LA debut	12 June 2005 Worcestershire v Bangladeshis
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 164 112 122 Runs scored 10,284 2,787 1,872 Batting average 39.40 33.98 24.31 100s/50s 24/44 2/16 0/7 Top score 298 107 68* Balls bowled 1,918 2,416 1,513 Wickets 22 62 70 Bowling average 44.50 36.11 28.22 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 4/49 4/19 5/28 Catches/stumpings 221/– 43/– 54/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 September 2016

Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell (born 25 November 1983 in Badsey, Worcestershire) 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.

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

1. Lynch, Steven (22 September 2009). "England's worst one-day run, and an innings of 298". CricInfo. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
2. "The Home of CricketArchive".
3. "Daryl Mitchell appointed vice-captain".
4. "Mitchell's second ton seals six-wicket win".
5. "Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Colwyn Bay, Aug 9-12, 2010 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo".
6. "Solanki resigns Worcs captaincy". 12 August 2010 – via bbc.co.uk.

External links

• Player profile: Daryl Mitchell from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Daryl Mitchell from CricketArchive