Vikram Atri

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Vikram Atri

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|3|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hull, Yorkshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

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| club4 = Lincolnshire

| year4 = 2004–2013

| club3 = Loughborough UCEE

| year3 = 2002–2005

| club2 = Nottinghamshire

| year2 = 2002–2003

| club1 = Nottinghamshire Cricket Board

| year1 = 2001

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 12

| runs1 = 548

| bat avg1 = 28.84

| 100s/50s1 = 0/4

| top score1 = 98

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = 0

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| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 0

| bat avg2 = 0.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 0

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| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 28 September

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8857.html Cricinfo

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Vikram Atri (born 9 March 1983) is an English first-class cricketer. Atri is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Hull, Yorkshire.

Atri made his only appearance in List A cricket for the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board against Bedfordshire[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35339/List_A_Matches.html List-A Matches played by Vikram Atri] in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Wardown Park, Luton, with the Board losing by 3 wickets.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71997.html Bedfordshire v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board, 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy] In his only List-A match he was dismissed for a duck.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35339/a_Batting_by_Team.html List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Vikram Atri]

Atri made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against West Indies A in 2002, and, batting as an opener, made a score of 98 against bowling that included past and future Test players Marlon Black and Tino Best.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/74/74938.html Nottinghamshire v West Indies A, 2002] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "the calm and compact Vikram Atri caught the eye, before he trudged off dejectedly, two shy of a century in his maiden first-class knock".{{Cite book | title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | editor=Tim de Lisle | edition = 2003 | publisher = John Wisden & Co Ltd | chapter = West Indies A in England | page = 548 }} Atri's innings was characterised as "patient" and "dogged" in another report, which noted, however, nine "graceful" boundaries on the first day alone, when rain curtailed play.{{Cite web | title = Notts prosper against West Indies A | url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/notts-prosper-against-west-indies-a-116656 | first=Sean | last=Beynon | publisher = espncricinfo.com |accessdate=14 April 2021}} In the event, Atri played only two further first-class matches for Nottinghamshire, both of them in the 2003 County Championship against Middlesex and Kent. In 2003, he made his first-class debut for Loughborough UCCE against Somerset and from 2003 to 2005, he represented Loughborough UCCE in nine first-class matches, the last of which came against Worcestershire.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35339/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Vikram Atri] In his combined total of 12 first-class matches, he scored 548 runs at a batting average of 28.84, with four half centuries, although he never surpassed his 98 on debut. In the field he took 8 catches.

In 2004, Atri made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Lincolnshire against Norfolk. He played for Lincolnshire until 2013.