Player Profiles

Nishit Shetty

Nishit Shetty ©Nigel Stockley

Date of birth: 28th May 1972
Place of birth: Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Current club: Accrington
Batting style: Left handed middle order
Bowling style: Slow left arm orthodox

Profile:
Indian left hander Nishit Shetty was the man entrusted with moving Accrington off the foot of the table in 2006 after the most disastrous season in the club’s history.

Rarely can a batsman have arrived on the Lancashire League scene with the impact that Shetty had. The Indian made a terrific start with exactly 500 runs from his first five league innings plus an unbeaten century at Norden in the Inter League Challenge Trophy and 88 in the Worsley Cup, finishing with 1159 league runs, including three centuries and six half centuries as Accrington improved to ninth place. Shetty began with a superb 155 in the opening day win against Colne and on May 6th he hit a brilliant 173, the second highest by an Accrington player, against Rawtenstall as Accrington smashed the record for their previous highest score, hitting 341-6 to erase a 93 year-old club record from the books. In all matches the Indian hit 1371 runs from 25 innings. He also took 47 league wickets plus 4 in the cups.

In his second and final year at Accrington Shetty had a disappointing season. A mix up led to him missing the first three matches. Shetty returned to form in the win at Rawtenstall with an unbeaten 152, but he only scored 651 runs at 40.7 and he picked up 35 wickets at 16.0 with a best of 7-88 against Lowerhouse.

The left handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox spin bowler had played for Bolton League side Greenmount in 2004 and 2005, hitting 1313 and 981 runs during his spell at the club. Inspite of limited First-class bowling experience which brought just 1 wicket in 23 matches, the Indian picked up 57 victims at 15.9 in 2005. In First-class matches, Shetty has hit 1181 runs at 34.7, including three centuries, in a career that began late in life in the 2000-01 season. In One Day matches, Shetty has 723 runs at 45.2 and 6 wickets at 67.2 for his side Mumbai.

Shetty was Accrington's fifth Indian professional and the first since Bharati Arun let the club mid way through the 1987 season.

Nishit Shetty's Record breaking debut for Accrington
Nishit Shetty in action
Nishit Shetty hits 173 in Accrington's club record score
Nishit Shetty pulls in the Worsley Cup match against Burnley

LANCASHIRE LEAGUE RECORD