Dawid Malan is a gifted, aggressive left-handed batsman who is yet to fulfil his early promise. Born in Roehampton but brought up in South Africa, he made his first-class debut for Boland in 2005-06. In 2006 he played Second XI cricket for both Middlesex and Worcestershire, making his first-team debut for Middlesex in front of 20,000 people in a Twenty20 Cup match at The Oval. He struggled to find a first-team spot the following season, but in 2008 took his chance in style.

An impressive run in the Twenty20 earned him a place in the Championship side, where he scored his maiden century against Northamptonshire. However, it was back in Twenty20 where he really put his marker down with a breathtaking 103 off 51 balls in the quarter-final against Lancashire, an innings that helped cement his place in the England Performance Squad in November. However, as so often happens, he struggled to back-up that season and 2009 was a tough campaign form him and he is yet to re-establish his credentials.
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