Jigar Naik

Jigar Kumar Hakumatrai Naik (born 10 August 1984 in Leicester) is an English cricket player. Jigar was educated at Rushey Mead School and Gateway College in the City. He is, as of June 2015, playing for Leicestershire.

Jigar Naik
Personal information
Full nameJigar Kumar Hakumatrai Naik
Born (1984-08-10) 10 August 1984
Leicester, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002Leicestershire Cricket Board
2006–2016Leicestershire (squad no. 22)
2007Loughborough UCCE
2011Colombo
First-class debut26 July 2006 Leics v West Indies A
List A debut29 August 2002 Leics CB v Denmark
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 77 38 54
Runs scored 1,888 193 74
Batting average 21.21 11.35 14.80
100s/50s 1/5 0/0 0/0
Top score 109* 36* 16*
Balls bowled 12,003 1,460 945
Wickets 170 30 42
Bowling average 39.15 43.80 26.97
5 wickets in innings 6 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 8/179 3/21 3/3
Catches/stumpings 42/– 5/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 April 2017

Naik who played for Kibworth and Billesdown as well as Loughborough MCCU, made history when he became the first Leicester-born Asian to play for Leicestershire in a first-class game against a touring West Indies A side. Naik took one wicket, that of test batsmen Dwayne Smith.

In Naik's first county game against Glamorgan in the Pro40, he took 3/24.

Naik has been a consistsent performer since 2009. In 2009 he was named Leicestershire's most improved uncapped player. In 2010, Naik topped the national bowling averages with 35 wickets at an average of 17.59, including 7–96 against Surrey at The Oval. A lot of credit for this has to go to his spin partner at Leics, Claude Henderson. Both received new 2-year contracts at the end of the 2011 season.[1]

Naik missed a large part of the 2012 season when he damaged ankle ligaments in early May, not making a comeback until August.[2]

Naik did make an excellent start to the 2013 season when he took 5–98 against Worcestershire in early May.[3] His season came to a premature end when he dislocated a shoulder against Nottinghamshire on 12 July.[4]

Career Best Performances

as of 27 September 2013

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 109* Leicestershire v Derbyshire Leicester 2009 7–96 Leicestershire v Surrey The Oval 2010
LA 22* Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings Scarborough 2013 3–21 Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning Leicester 2009
T20 7* Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Phantoms Leicester 2009 3–3 Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Carnegie Leeds 2011
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References
  1. "Henderson and Naik sign new Leicestershire deals". The Cricketer. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  2. "Leicestershire spinner Jigar Naik set for return from injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. Culley, Jon (9 May 2013). "Leicestershire off-spinner Jigar Naik claims five wickets in an innings for first time since August 2011". London: The Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  4. "Leicestershire bowler out for four months". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2013.


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