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Daryl Mitchell (English cricketer)

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Daryl Mitchell
Personal information
Full name
Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell
Born (1983-11-25) 25 November 1983 (age 40)
Badsey, Worcestershire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2021Worcestershire (squad no. 27)
2012Mountaineers
FC debut8 May 2005 Worcestershire v Loughborough UCCE
Last FC21 September 2021 Worcestershire v Leicestershire
LA debut12 June 2005 Worcestershire v Bangladeshis
Last LA10 May 2019 Worcestershire v Somerset
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 225 135 177
Runs scored 13,920 3,466 2,310
Batting average 38.34 33.65 22.87
100s/50s 39/55 4/22 0/7
Top score 298 107 68*
Balls bowled 3,289 3,181 2,341
Wickets 33 81 101
Bowling average 49.96 36.11 29.69
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/49 4/19 5/28
Catches/stumpings 301/– 56/– 74/–
Source: CricketArchive, 24 September 2021

Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell (born 25 November 1983) is an English former first-class cricketer. Primarily a right-handed batsman who often opened the innings, Mitchell also bowled right-arm medium pace. He played for Worcestershire. He was appointed vice-captain for the 2010 season, and made captain when Vikram Solanki resigned in mid-August.

Career

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Debut

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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

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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

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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]

2010-2021

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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]

He announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2021 season.[7]

Career best performances

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Updated 28 September 2017

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 107 Worcestershire v Sussex Hove 2013 4–19 Worcestershire v Northamptonshire Milton Keynes 2014
T20 68* Worcestershire v Derbyshire Derby 2014 5-28 Worcestershire v Northamptonshire Northampton 2014

Professional Cricketers' Association

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Mitchell was elected as the representative for Worcestershire on the Professional Cricketers' Association committee in 2009. He became the PCA chairman in February 2017, and was elected for a final two-year term in February 2019, having to guide the Association through the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

After Cricket

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Following his retirement at the end of the 2021 cricket season, Mitchell switched sports to football and signed for Hellenic Football League side Moreton Rangers.[8] [9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Lynch, Steven (22 September 2009). "England's worst one-day run, and an innings of 298". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  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". BBC. 12 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Worcs opener Mitchell to retire at 37". BBC Sport.
  8. ^ "Daryl Mitchell: Ex-Worcestershire captain switches to football in retirement".
  9. ^ "Player Profile FA Full Time".
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Worcestershire County Cricket Captain
2010–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Professional Cricketers' Association
2017–2021
Succeeded by