Addil Somani

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Adil Somani

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kampala Uganda

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg break

| role =

| family =

| club2 = Northern Districts

| year2 = {{nowrap|1988/89–1993/94}}

| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1987

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 8

| runs1 = 177

| bat avg1 = 17.70

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 40

| deliveries1 = 583

| wickets1 = 9

| bowl avg1 = 37.55

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/7

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 5

| runs2 = 44

| bat avg2 = 11.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 15

| deliveries2 = 66

| wickets2 = 3

| bowl avg2 = 16.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/16

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 30 September

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38435.html Cricinfo

}}

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.

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.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18681/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Addil Somani] 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.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18681/List_A_Matches.html List-A Matches played by Addil Somani] In his 5 List-A matches, he scored 44 runs at an average of 11.00, with a high score of 15.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18681/a_Batting_by_Team.html List-A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Addil Somani] With the ball he took 3 wickets at an average of 16.00, with best figures of 2/16.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18681/a_Bowling_by_Team.html List-A Bowling For Each Team by Addil Somani]