David Capel
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | David James Capel | |||
| Born | 6 February 1963 Northampton, England |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 15 | 23 | ||
| Runs scored | 374 | 327 | ||
| Batting average | 15.58 | 19.23 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/2 | -/1 | ||
| Top score | 98 | 50* | ||
| Balls bowled | 2000 | 1038 | ||
| Wickets | 21 | 17 | ||
| Bowling average | 50.66 | 47.35 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 3/88 | 3/38 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 6/- | 6/- | ||
| Source: [1], 1 January 2006 | ||||
David Capel (born David John Capel, 6 February 1963, Northampton)[1] is a former English cricketer, who played for Northamptonshire and England. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted that "Capel was one of those unfortunate cricketers who became tagged as being the next all-rounder to fill Ian Botham's boots".[1]
[edit] Life and career
An irrepressible enthusiast, Capel was a batsman who bowled but, because of his dual role, found himself pushed down the order.[1] He played fifteen Tests and twentry three One Day Internationals for England. He was discarded with a batting average below 20, and a bowling average above 50 in both forms of the international game. However, he did score 98 in punishing conditions in Karachi in 1987/8, and dismissed Viv Richards three times, as well as forming part of the pace quartet which won in Jamaica in 1989/90.
Capel played first-class cricket for twenty two years, between 1981 and 2003, scoring 12,202 runs at 29.68, with a highest score of 175, and taking 546 wickets at 32.18, with a best bowling return of 7 for 44.
Capel ran the academy at Northamptonshire after finally retiring from the field and, at the end of 2006, was appointed head coach of his beloved county.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 36. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
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