Daniel Christian      

An allrounder who has played for three states, Daniel Christian has spent plenty of time in and around the Australia team without really earning a permanent place. Initially used by New South Wales and South Australia as a top-six batsman whose medium-pace was a handy bowling option, Christian has been viewed since moving to Victoria as more of a bowling allrounder. In 2013-14, his first season with the Bushrangers, Christian's output with bat and ball in the Sheffield Shield was limited, but he was called into Australia's one-day and T20 sides during the summer and made the squad for the 2014 World T20 in Bangladesh. Christian had made his T20 international debut four years earlier and has played for three county T20 teams and two IPL sides - he sold for $900,000 to Deccan Chargers in 2011 - yet his bowling in the shortest format has been mixed. As at May 2014, he was one of T20 cricket's top 50 wicket-takers of all time, but of those 50 his economy rate was the worst, his tendency to deliver a few too many balls in the slot sometimes offsetting his variety and wicket-taking ability.

At his best, though, Christian offers the complete package of clean-hitting with the bat, a wicket-taking knack with the ball and sharp work in the field. He was called into Australia's Test squad during the home series against India in 2011-12 but was not given a baggy green, and has had to settle for ODI and T20 international representation for his country. The previous summer he had been South Australia's leading run scorer and second top wicket-taker in the Ryobi Cup, and he also filled in as the state's captain. His move to South Australia from his home state of New South Wales had already paid off via a T20 international call-up in February 2010, but during the 2013 off-season he switched states again, heading to Victoria. It came after a 2012-13 season in which he was suspended by South Australia after three outbursts in which he damaged change-rooms following his dismissals.

Christian is also notable as one of the few players of Aboriginal heritage to reach the elite level. A graduate of Cricket Australia's indigenous cricket program and captain of the national indigenous development squad during a tour of England in 2009, Christian is from the Wiradjuri tribe in New South Wales.
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