Aneil Nambiar

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1984)}}

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

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Aneil Nambiar

| country = India

| fullname = Aneil Padman Nambiar

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|3|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Trivandrum, Kerala, India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Oxfordshire

| year1 = 2003

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = 0.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 0

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 19 April

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31783.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Aneil Padman Nambiar (born 2 March 1984) is a former Indian cricketer. Nambiar is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Trivandrum, Kerala, and is more commonly known by his nickname Johnny Nambiar.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9674/9674.html|title=Player profile: Aneil Nambiar|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 April 2012}}

While in India, Nambiar represented Karnataka Under-16s in the 1999/00 season.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9674/all_teams.html|title=Teams Johnny Nambiar played for|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 April 2012}} Nambiar later moved to England, where he represented Oxfordshire in a single List A match against Herefordshire at Banbury Cricket Club Ground in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played later in the 2003 season to avoid fixture congestion in 2004.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9674/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Johnny Nambiar|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 April 2012}} Opening the batting, he was dismissed for a duck by Franklyn Rose. Oxfordshire lost the match by 126 runs.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/77/77792.html|title=Oxfordshire v Herefordshire, 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 April 2012}} This was his only appearance for the county, with Nambiar not featuring in any Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire.

He would later briefly play Second XI cricket for Middlesex in 2004 and 2005.