Vikram Banerjee
Encyclopedia
Vikram Banerjee is an English
cricket
er. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler.
Banerjee's first-class career started in 2004, playing the university varsity match
for Cambridge University
, with a second exactly a year later. Banerjee represented Cambridge university in each year of his degree.
Banerjee made his County Championship debut for Gloucestershire
in August 2006, just two months after representing Surrey
in the Second XI Championship for the first and only time, picking up four wickets with the ball in the first innings. Banerjee's first innings for Gloucester saw him bowl economically with figures of 0-73 off 24 overs, as Gloucestershire headed for an innings defeat against Somerset
.
During the 2006 season Banerjee represented Dulwich in the Surrey Premiership and Bath in 2007 when not on county duty.
Overall Banerjee had a successful debut full season with best figures of 4-28 and 26 wickets collected in the year.
Wisden Cricket for 2008 includes the following:"There is more to come from Banerjee, newly out of Cambridge University. He had a satisfying first full season with 26 victims for his attacking left-arm spin. If he can stay ahead of batsmen, who will be looking to find him out, he may develop into a top-class spinner."
Part of the ECB Emerging Players squad in the winters of 2006 and 2007 Vikram Banerjee has repeatedly been described as "one to watch"(Spin Magazine 2007).
2010 has seen much interest in Banerjee with a competitive sponsorship auction battle. After months of cloak and dagger negotiations, a local double glazing and garage door company eventually won the honour of promoting his Bananaship.
In 2011 Banerjee played for Buckinghamshire
in the Minor Counties Championship.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler.
Banerjee's first-class career started in 2004, playing the university varsity match
The University Match (cricket)
The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club...
for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
, with a second exactly a year later. Banerjee represented Cambridge university in each year of his degree.
Banerjee made his County Championship debut for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in August 2006, just two months after representing Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
in the Second XI Championship for the first and only time, picking up four wickets with the ball in the first innings. Banerjee's first innings for Gloucester saw him bowl economically with figures of 0-73 off 24 overs, as Gloucestershire headed for an innings defeat against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
.
During the 2006 season Banerjee represented Dulwich in the Surrey Premiership and Bath in 2007 when not on county duty.
Overall Banerjee had a successful debut full season with best figures of 4-28 and 26 wickets collected in the year.
Wisden Cricket for 2008 includes the following:"There is more to come from Banerjee, newly out of Cambridge University. He had a satisfying first full season with 26 victims for his attacking left-arm spin. If he can stay ahead of batsmen, who will be looking to find him out, he may develop into a top-class spinner."
Part of the ECB Emerging Players squad in the winters of 2006 and 2007 Vikram Banerjee has repeatedly been described as "one to watch"(Spin Magazine 2007).
2010 has seen much interest in Banerjee with a competitive sponsorship auction battle. After months of cloak and dagger negotiations, a local double glazing and garage door company eventually won the honour of promoting his Bananaship.
In 2011 Banerjee played for Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play...
in the Minor Counties Championship.
External links
- Vikram Banerjee at Cricket Archive