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Full name Gerald Ian Daniel
Born August 17, 1981, Colombo
Current age 26 years 274 days
Major teams Basnahira South,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic 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
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
109
189
11
5532
156*
31.07
11
26
70
0
List A
66
65
7
1647
82*
28.39
0
12
24
0
Twenty20
5
4
1
17
10
5.66
16
106.25
0
0
3
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
109
1570
721
33
5/19
21.84
2.75
47.5
2
0
List A
66
221
153
4
2/13
2/13
38.25
4.15
55.2
0
0
0
Twenty20
5
-
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Career statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
Basnahira North v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Chilaw Marians Cricket Club at Moratuwa, Nov 5, 2005 scorecard
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)
