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Daniel Christian Personal information Full name Daniel Trevor Christian Born 4 May 1983
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaBatting style Right-hand Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Role All-rounder International information National side Australia T20I debut (cap 44) 23 February 2010 v West Indies Last T20I 28 Feb 2010 v New Zealand Domestic team information Years Team 2010- present Hampshire 2007/08 - South Australia Redbacks 2005/06–2006/07 New South Wales Blues 2011 - present Deccan Chargers Career statistics Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 3 28 43 64 Runs scored 4 1060 1244 692 Batting average – 24.65 40.12 17.30 100s/50s –/– 1/5 1/5 –/1 Top score 4* 106 100 54 Balls bowled 42 4,585 1266 1,069 Wickets 2 79 38 59 Bowling average 34.50 33.21 33.97 24.11 5 wickets in innings – 2 1 – 10 wickets in match – 0 – – Best bowling 2/29 5/24 6/48 4/23 Catches/stumpings –/– 31/– 13/– 27/– Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2011 Daniel Trevor Christian (born 4 May 1983 in Camperdown, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for Australia and South Australia.On 5 June 2010 he joined Hampshire Royals for the Friends Provident T20. Christian is known as a powerful hitter, and also bowls medium pace occasionally, CricInfo's Peter English described him as a "natural all-rounder." His inclusion is seen as a landmark to Aboriginal inclusiveness in Australian cricket.[1]
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Early life
Born in 1983, Christian grew up in the town of Narrandera in the Riverina region of New South Wales and is of Indigenous ancestry (Wiradjuri).[1] He lived in Narrandera until he completed Primary School and then he moved to Sydney and attended St Gregory's College, Campbelltown.
Cricket career
In 2003 Christian attended the Australian Cricket Academy.[2]
Christian played List A cricket for New South Wales in 2006 and 2007. After he was not offered a new contract for the 2007-08 season he moved to South Australia where he soon found himself playing first-class cricket for the state team .[3]
In 2009 Christian captained an Indigenous Australian cricket team that toured England.[4] CricInfo noted that "With the bat Christian can be brutal, particularly when aiming at Adelaide's square boundaries, and he is one of those rare strikers whose eyes don't need a warm-up ball."[1] He was brought into Australia's Twenty20 "following a series of brutal, clever and consistent performances."[1]
On 23 February 2010, he made his Twenty20 International debut against the West Indies and was a member of Australia's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Christian played for Hampshire in their victorious 2010 Twenty20 Cup campaign.
Additionally, Christian is a part of the Deccan Charger's team which competes annually in the DLF IPL - he was purchased for 900,000 USD.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d English, Peter (30 April 2010). "The man from Narrandera". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/457821.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "ACB and AIS announce 2003 Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy scholars". Cricinfo. 2 May 2003. http://www.cricinfo.com/blank/content/story/131050.html. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Daniel Christian Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2007
- ^ "Aboriginal tour to mark 1868 groundbreakers". Cricinfo. 16 June 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/409292.html. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ http://www.ipl-schedule.com/382-players-sold-in-ipl-auction-2011.html
External links
Australia squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 (runners-up) 
2011–12 Cricket Australia contracted players 2 Hughes · 4 Bollinger · 7 White (c) · 9 Marsh · 10 Siddle · 12 Ferguson · 14 Ponting · 18 Krejza · 20 Hilfenhaus · 22 Doherty · 23 Clarke (c) · 25 Johnson · 29 D. Hussey · 33 Watson · 36 Paine (†) · 41 Hastings · 43 Hauritz · 44 Pattinson · 45 Harris · 48 M. Hussey · 49 Smith · 57 Haddin (†) · 58 Lee ·
89 Khawaja · N/A CumminsCategories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Australian cricketers
- Australia Twenty20 International cricketers
- South Australia cricketers
- New South Wales cricketers
- Indigenous Australian cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
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