Daryl Mitchell is an all-rounder from New Zealand. He was born on 20th May 1991 in Hamilton. Mitchell, nicknamed ‘Moose’ is a right-hand batsman and a right-arm medium pacer. He is the son of the player and later, the coach of renowned Kiwi rugby team All Black, John Mitchell who also was the defense coach of England's national rugby team.

Interestingly, during John Mitchell's stint with the England rugby side Daryl Mitchell had the debut against England in Test cricket. Later, Daryl in a recent chat with media revealed that his key aim was to get out of his renowned father's fame and establish his own identity. Daryl also gave a lot of credit to his father for having achieved the professional attitude which is mandatory to compete at the international level in any game and Daryl also mentioned that watching his father training All Black rugby side from a young age had helped him a lot to develop physical fitness along with the psychological strength. That might be the reason Daryl is already called one of the leading fielders in the Kiwi side.

He is also adorned in New Zealand cricket for his accurate bowling, especially being able to hit most of the deliveries in 'V' as well as the ability to swing the ball through both ways. Daryl who started his career as a batsman primarily developed his skill of medium pacer bowling during his stint with Scarborough Cricket Club in Western Australia. He was only 14 years old at that time.

The 29-year all-rounder had his debut in first-class cricket in 2012 for Northern Districts However he did not play in that match. But in the following year, Daryl Mitchell earned a reputation with a batting average of 54.53. The performance guided him to earn a place in New Zealand 'A' squad against India and Sri Lanka. The all-rounder was not up to the mark in his appearance for New Zealand 'A' side. Still, he did not give up and showed his spirit in the very next season with two splendid successive centuries in domestic cricket. His unbeaten 170 against Canterbury compelled the national selectors to think of his potential. Mitchell has amassed 3943 runs from his 76 matches at an average of 37.55 including nine centuries and 21 fifties while with the ball Mitchell has claimed 80 wickets from 76 matches. In the ‘List A’ cricket the all-rounder, playing in 81 matches has scored 2495 runs including three centuries and 18 fifties. His best score in the ‘List A’ cricket has been unbeaten 126 while he has bagged 49 wickets in as many matches.

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Daryl Mitchell began his journey in Test cricket last year when Colin De Grandhomme was forced to pull out of the 2nd Test at Hamilton against England. In his maiden Test appearance, Mitchell was impressive, scoring 73 including eight fours and a huge six, facing 159 deliveries in 250 minutes on the crease. With the ball, Mitchell could not earn a wicket, but restricted English batsmen with a noticeable show on the slow-moving pitch at Hamilton with 69 runs from 22 overs including five maiden overs. Mitchell has so far participated in three Tests and scored 124 runs with an average of 41.33.

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Daryl Mitchell who has not yet made his debut in One Day International (ODI) has begun his T20 International innings against India last year February at Wellington. Although New Zealand won the match Daryl Mitchell was not successful, scoring only 8 while obtained one wicket at the cost of 13 runs in 2.2 overs. The all-rounder has so far taken part in 12 T20Is and amassed 103 runs with his best score of unbeaten 30 and with the ball he has bagged 5 wickets from the same number of matches. In the T20 format, Mitchell participating in 95 matches has gathered 1691 runs including his highest score of unbeaten 88 at an average of 30.19, and has claimed 38 wickets from the same number of matches.

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