Addil Somani
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| Born | 22 October 1967 Kampala Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988/89–1993/94 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Addil Somani (born 22 October 1967) is a Ugandan-born former cricketer. Somani was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks and played top-level cricket in both England and New Zealand. He was born at Kampala.
Somani's first-class debut came for English county side Nottinghamshire in 1987, against Oxford University, which was his only first-class match for the county side.
In 1989, he made his debut in New Zealand for Northern Districts against Canterbury. Between the 1988/89 and 1993/94 seasons, he represented Northern Districts in 7 first-class matches, the last of which came against Wellington.[1] In his 8 career first-class matches, he scored 177 runs at a batting average of 17.70, with a high score of 40. With the ball he took 9 wickets at a bowling average of 37.55, with best figures of 2/7.
He made his List A debut for Northern Districts in the 1993/94 season against Otago. During that season he represented the team in 5 List-A matches, the last of which came against Wellington.[2] In his 5 List-A matches, he scored 44 runs at an average of 11.00, with a high score of 15.[3] With the ball he took 3 wickets at an average of 16.00, with best figures of 2/16.[4]