Gerald Ian Daniel (born August 17, 1981) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays first class cricket for
Sinhalese Sports Club
The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt wi ...
. A right-handed opening batsman, Daniel has appeared consistently for Sri Lanka at junior level starting from his inclusion in the Sri Lanka Under-15 team. He was one of the most successful batsmen in the Under-19 team during the 2000 Youth World Cup where he topped the scoring for his country. In 2003 he was first selected in the Sri Lanka A team and the following year in New Zealand he made 322 runs at 53.66. This effort earned him a spot in the Test squad for the
tour of Zimbabwe in 2004, but he remained on the sidelines throughout. He made his
Twenty20
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debut on 17 August 2004, for
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO () ...
in the
2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament
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.
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1981 births
Living people
Basnahira North cricketers
Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers
Sri Lankan cricketers
Uva cricketers
Ruhuna cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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