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Ian Daniel

Sri Lanka

Full name Gerald Ian Daniel

Born August 17, 1981, Colombo

Current age 35 years 339 days

Major teams Basnahira North, Basnahira South, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Uva Province

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Explore Ian Daniel's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	169	289	19	8928	172	33.06			22	36			94
List A	105	104	10	3078	99	32.74			0	25			31
T20s	10	9	1	73	28	9.12	43	169.76	0	0	11	4	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
First-class	169		1891	888	40	5/19		22.20	2.81	47.2		2
List A	105		299	236	6	2/13	2/13	39.33	4.73	49.8	0	0
T20s	10	1	6	10	1	1/10	1/10	10.00	10.00	6.0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Kaluthara, Apr 4-7, 2014 scorecard
List A debut	1999/00
Last List A	Ragama Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (RPS), Dec 23, 2013 scorecard
T20s debut	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last T20s	Panadura Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Moors), Mar 30, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
67, 0	Ragama	v Moors	Kaluthara	4 Apr 2014	FC
36, 36	Ragama	v Nondescripts	Colombo (Moors)	20 Mar 2014	FC
1, 29	Ragama	v SL Army	Colombo (Moors)	13 Mar 2014	FC
1, 68	Ragama	v Col CC	Colombo (NCC)	6 Mar 2014	FC
0/6, 0, 21*	Ragama	v SLPACC	Colombo (Moors)	28 Feb 2014	FC
0, 129*	Ragama	v Bloomfield	Colombo (Moors)	21 Feb 2014	FC
21, 0/6	Ragama	v Chilaw	Colombo (RPS)	14 Feb 2014	FC
58, 1	Ragama	v Panadura	Panadura	7 Feb 2014	FC
142, 6	Ragama	v Tamil Union	Colombo (PSS)	24 Jan 2014	FC
127, 4	Ragama	v Sinhalese	Colombo (SSC)	17 Jan 2014	FC

Profile

Ian Daniel was earmarked as an international cricketer early, working his way steadily up through the representative ranks from the Sri Lanka Under-15 team. A technically sound opening batsman with a calm temperament, Daniel starred for the Under-19 team in particular, leading Sri Lanka's batting in the 2000 Youth World Cup staged in Sri Lanka. However, his progression into the first-class arena for the Sinhalese Sports Club was not smooth and a modest 31.17 average failed to attract the attention of the national selectors. The death of his father also appeared to hold back his development. A move to Bloomfield turned around his career, though, and in 2003 he fought his way into the A team. A prolific tour to New Zealand in 2004 - 322 runs at 53.66 - pushed him into the Test squad for the first time when Sri Lanka toured Zimbabwe in 2004.
Charlie Austin (April 2004)

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