✖

Tommy Mitchell

England

Personal Information
Born
September 04, 1902
Death
January 27, 1996 (93 years)
Birth Place
Creswell, Derbyshire
Height
--
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm legbreak
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
--
--
--
Bowling
--
--
--
Career Information
Teams
England
A fantastic leg spinner who could turn the ball a mile, Tommy Mitchell never quite shone for England in a very brief Test career. However, in First-class cricket, he was a major weapon for D...
Full profile
Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 5 6 20 35 9 5 57.15 2 2 0 0 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 5 8 894 498 8 62.25 3.34 111.75 2/49 3/60 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
Career Information
Test debut
vs Australia, Feb 10 at 1933 at The Gabba
Last Test
vs South Africa, Jun 29 at 1935 at Lord's
Profile
A fantastic leg spinner who could turn the ball a mile, Tommy Mitchell never quite shone for England in a very brief Test career. However, in First-class cricket, he was a major weapon for Derbyshire and ended up with more than 1400 wickets to his kitty. A smooth action, powerful wrists and an action with a lot of body on it, allowed Mitchell to get appreciable drift and also got the ball to rip off the pitch. Interestingly, he learned the trade of leg spin from a snooker table and went on to become among the finest spinners in England during his times. Mitchell also had a lively persona which made him highly popular among his peers. Having come from the mining community, he was a man of great self-esteem and pride. It was said that Mitchell didn’t realize how good he really was and could actually ended up as a greater cricketer than he eventually did.

Written by Hariprasad Sadanandan
Move to top