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Sri Lanka

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

Gerald Ian Daniel
Batting and fielding averages
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
Bowling averages
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 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
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
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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Country Fixtures Country Results
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle - Jul 4-8
Sri Lanka 292 & 0/0 Pakistan 342
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS)
Jul 12-16 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC)
Jul 20-24 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla
Jul 30 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla
Aug 1 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
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