Addil Somani

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.

Adil Somani

Personal information
Born	(1967-10-22) 22 October 1967 (age 57) Kampala Uganda
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987	Nottinghamshire
1988/89–1993/94	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 8 5 Runs scored 177 44 Batting average 17.70 11.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 40 15 Balls bowled 583 66 Wickets 9 3 Bowling average 37.55 16.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/7 2/16 Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2010

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]