Daniel Alexander Escott (born 26 September 1996) is an English

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er and schoolteacher. On his first-class debut, playing for

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, he scored a century and took six

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in an innings.

Cricket career

Escott attended

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, where he excelled at cricket, playing in the First XI for five years without missing a match. In his final year, 2015, he set a school record by scoring 1096 runs in a season, beating the previous record set by

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in 1959. He went up to Lincoln College, Oxford, appearing in several minor matches for the university team in 2016 before making his first-class debut in the annual match against

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. Opening the batting, he made 36 in Oxford's first innings and did not bowl in Cambridge's first innings. In Oxford's second innings he scored 125 off 202 balls, then took 6 for 71 off 31 overs of his leg-spin to help Oxford to victory by 103 runs. In the university match in 2018 he captained Oxford to victory after scoring 175 in Oxford's first innings. Escott has taught economics at Harrow School since 2019. He is on the Board of Governors at St John's Church of England School in Stanmore.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Escott, Dan 1996 births Living people People from Torbay (district) English cricketers Oxford University cricketers People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Schoolteachers from Devon Cricketers from Devon