Full Name

Daniel Richard Sams

Born

October 27, 1992, Milperra, New South Wales

Age

32y 307d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Allrounder

A quirk of Daniel Sams' career is that his professional debut came in New Zealand, for Canterbury in the Plunket Shield - after that team asked NSW if they had any spare bowlers during an injury crisis. A handful of first-class games after that, Sams turned his attention to forging a career as a T20 specialist with his sharp left-arm pace, deceptive variations and immense power as a batter.

His T20 debut came late in 2017, and he claimed four wickets in his first outing for Sydney Sixers against cross-town rivals Sydney Thunder, who then became his long-term BBL home. He was the leading wicket-taker in 2019-20 BBL and his Australia debut came the following season against India, although his international career never quite took off.

Memorably he hit 41 off 15 balls to nearly steal a T20I from New Zealand in Dunedin. One of his standout domestic performances also came with the bat during the 2021-22 season, when he hammered 98 not out off 44 balls against Melbourne Renegades.

Overseas, Sams has turned out for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, his most successful season being 2022, when he claimed 13 wickets in 11 matches. He has also featured extensively in the T20 Blast.

Daniel Sams Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
T20Is10731064126.5062170.96008640
FC51002558825.5028091.0702221220
List A221904636224.36453102.2002292550
T20s20016335217298*16.961418153.1707131143780

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
T20Is101018030572/332/3343.5710.1625.7000
FC58928494134/556/14738.003.1971.3100
List A2221945875265/465/4633.655.5536.3010
T20s200195400059822395/305/3025.028.9716.7810

Daniel Sams T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
CPLBR431201610.0016125.00000200
Vitality Blast2 teams494397797122.91455171.20034261290
PSL2 teams5313326*16.5024137.50003200
BBL2 teams90741388398*14.47620142.41035553290
ILT20SW1081742410.5769107.24005110
Men's 100TR-M1612323355*25.88128182.0301171550
Major League CricketTSK5511034225.7578132.05005710
IPL3 teams1613444154.8844100.000013100

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
CPLBR4366963 2/24 2/2432.008.7222.0000
Vitality Blast2 teams49491057162762 4/20 4/2026.249.2317.0200
PSL2 teams551141826 2/28 2/2830.339.5719.0000
BBL2 teams908717632505116 5/30 5/3021.598.5215.1510
ILT20SW10916926212 3/28 3/2821.839.3014.0000
Men's 100TR-M161629148219 3/17 3/1725.369.9315.3000
Major League CricketTSK551021245 2/15 2/1524.807.2920.4000
IPL3 teams161636052314 4/30 4/3037.358.7125.7100
Daniel Richard Sams

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T20I

Recent Matches of Daniel Sams

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Royals vs Trinbago2*0/2729-Aug-2025TaroubaT20
Royals vs Kings----24-Aug-2025Gros IsletT20
Royals vs Patriots162/2421-Aug-2025BasseterreT20
Royals vs Falcons21/4516-Aug-2025North SoundT20
Notts vs Derbyshire161/5610-Aug-2025DerbyList A

Photos of Daniel Sams

Daniel Sams celebrates a wicket
Daniel Sams had to be taken off the field in a medicab
Daniel Sams and Cameron Bancroft collided when going for the same catch
Daniel Sams celebrates snagging Josh Philippe
Daniel Sams teed off for 42 off 18 to get Sydney Thunder home in a close one
Daniel Sams got his 200th T20 wicket during his 3 for 20