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Aneesh Kapil (born 3 August 1993) is an English
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er who has played for
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and
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. A right-handed batsman and right-hand fast-medium pace bowler he made his first-class debut for
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against
Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...
in August 2011.


County career

Kapil's first competitive appearance for Worcestershire came in a
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game against
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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. Kapil made his Twenty20 debut in June 2011 playing against
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in an 8-run loss at
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. On 29 June 2011, Kapil played in a T20 match against
Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...
, Kapil claimed 3 wickets for 9 runs restricting Northamptonshire to 129 as Worcestershire won by 6 wickets. 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. In the fifth ODI, Kapil scored 54 runs from 45 balls in a one-wicket loss for England. Kapil played in a first-class match against
Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
in August 2011; he took 3 wickets and scored 31 in the match as Worcestershire lost by 98 runs. In April 2014 Kapil joined
Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
on a trial. He played in the second eleven championship match against
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at Bristol and two one day second eleven trophy matches against Gloucestershire and
Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...
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
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. 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 Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...
, accusing them of sabotaging his cricketing career


References


External links

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Aneesh Kapil Worcestershire County Cricket Club Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapil, Aneesh 1993 births Living people English people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Cricketers from Wolverhampton British Asian cricketers Surrey cricketers Staffordshire cricketers Sussex cricketers