Full name Gerald Ian Daniel
Born August 17, 1981, Colombo
Current age 27 years 323 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
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 124 | 213 | 12 | 6439 | 165 | 32.03 | 14 | 28 | 83 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 71 | 70 | 8 | 1730 | 82* | 27.90 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 5.25 | 19 | 110.52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 124 | 1690 | 780 | 36 | 5/19 | 21.66 | 2.76 | 46.9 | 2 | 0 | |||
| List A | 71 | 233 | 166 | 4 | 2/13 | 2/13 | 41.50 | 4.27 | 58.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class debut | 1999/00 |
| Last First-class | Basnahira North v Wayamba at Colombo (RPS), Mar 19-21, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1999/00 |
| Last List A | Ragama Cricket Club v Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Feb 11, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Ruhuna v Basnahira North at Colombo (Moors), Mar 26, 2009 scorecard |
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.
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