Amitava Banerjee is an Indian

Indian people

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 born former Guernsey

Guernsey

Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

 cricket

Cricket

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er. Banerjee was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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, and who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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. He was born in Calcutta, Bengal

Bengal

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 (today Kolkata).

Banerjee made his debut for his native Bengal

Bengal cricket team

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 in a first-class

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 match in the 1996/97 Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy

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 against Assam

Assam cricket team

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. In that same season he made his only List A appearance in the Ranji Trophy one-day competition, also against Assam, in a match in which he scored a single run before being dismissed by Sangram Sawant. He didn't appear for Bengal again until the 2000/01 season, making three first-class appearances which came against Tripura

Tripura cricket team

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, Assam and Orissa

Orissa cricket team

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. In total, Banerjee made four first-class appearances, scoring 92 runs at an average

Batting average

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 of 18.40, with a high score of 48.

Banerjee later moved to Guernsey

Guernsey

Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

 and represented the islands cricket team

Guernsey cricket team

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 in international cricket. His first appearance for Guernsey came against the Scottish Academy in 2005. He also represented Guernsey in the 2006 European Championships

European Cricket Championship

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, where Guernsey finished in 5th place.

External links

• Amitava Banerjee at ESPNcricinfo
• Amitava Banerjee at CricketArchive
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