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Full name | Avijit Mitra | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bhowanipore, West Bengal, India | 6 July 1953||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,15 June 2020 |
Avijit 'Munna' Mitra (born 6 July 1953) is an Indian-born English clergyman,educator and former first-class cricketer.
Mitra was born in West Bengal at Bhowanipore in July 1953. Moving to England as a child,he was educated in Birmingham at King Edward's School, [1] before going up to Keble College,Oxford. [2] While studying at Oxford,he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1974 and 1975,making six appearances. [3] He scored 157 runs in his six matches,at an average of 13.08 and a high score of 30. [4]
After graduating from Oxford,Mitra became a schoolmaster at King Edward's School,Birmingham. He left in July 1981 to teach at Highgate School. [5] Mitra also took holy orders in the Church of England,featuring regularly in the Church Times Cricket Cup. [6] From 1988 to 1996,he taught classics at Abingdon School,where he was also a housemaster and a cricket coach,before moving to the Bluecoat School. [7] He was head of boarding at King's School,Rochester before becoming associate priest at Hempstead. Mitra still teaches part-time at Rochester Grammar School for Girls,in addition to being a priest-vicar at Rochester Cathedral. [1]
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