{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Adam Nicholas Janisch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1995–1998 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 18 | runs1 = 168 | bat avg1 = 15.27 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 26* | deliveries1 = 2,489 | wickets1 = 26 | bowl avg1 = 59.15 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/71 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 12 January | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15478.html Cricinfo }}
'''Adam Nicholas Janisch''' (born 21 October 1975) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Janisch was born at Hammersmith in October 1975. He was educated at Abingdon School, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998|date=1998|page=404|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77754-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MN3jAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club from 1995 to 1998, making 18 appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7196/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Adam Janisch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref> After claiming Test cricketer John Crawley as his maiden first-class wicket in his second first-class appearance,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-morris-engages-top-gear-in-oxford-1616293.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112225949/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-morris-engages-top-gear-in-oxford-1616293.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-status=live|title=Cricket: Morris engages top gear in Oxford|date=1995-04-18|work=The Independent|accessdate=2022-01-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Janisch went on to take a further 25 wickets with his medium pace bowling at an average of 59.15, with best figures of 4 for 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7196/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Adam Janisch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a lower order batsman, he scored 168 runs at a batting average of 15.27 and made a highest score of 26 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7196/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Adam Janisch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Old Abingdonians
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=15478}}
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