Daniel Tarric Doram (born 30 October 1997) is a

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cricketer. He plays for the

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in West Indian domestic cricket and has also played international cricket for the

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. He is a

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bowler who stands tall.

Netherlands

Doram made his first-class debut for the Netherlands in July 2013, aged only 15. Playing against

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in an Intercontinental Cup fixture, he took 5/82 in the first innings, becoming one of the youngest players to take a first-class five-wicket haul (and also the first Sint Maartener). A few months later, Doram also made his

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debut, playing against

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in the

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(an English competition). After that, he was not recalled to the Dutch team until June 2015, when he featured in an Intercontinental Cup fixture against

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. In 2023, Doram was selected in the Netherlands A squad for a tri-series against

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and

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. In February 2024, he was named as a reserve in the Dutch senior squad for its T20I tri-nation series in Nepal. In May 2024, he was named in national team for the

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. He made his

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(T20I) debut against

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in that tournament, on 18 May 2024. In May 2024, he was named in the Netherlands squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.

England

Doram attended school in England, at

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, having earlier attended St. Maarten Academy. He was inducted into the

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's academy in 2015, and has played for Sussex in the

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. In 2018 he became the overseas professional at Crook Town CC in the Durham Cricket League helping them to win promotion to the North East Premier League. He returned to the club for their inaugural NEPL season in 2019 and during the season was selected for the NEPL Representative XI which played MCC. In his two seasons with Crook he scored 1741 runs at an average of 40.49 with 2 centuries and took 102 wickets at an average of 26.94 with 3 times claiming 5 wickets in an innings. Prior to Covid-19 he had agreed to play for Torquay CC in the Devon Cricket League for the 2020 season.

West Indies

Doram made his senior debut for Leeward Islands in December 2018 against

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in the

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. After a gap of three years, he returned to first-class cricket in February 2022 in the

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,Player profile and statistics
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. In October 2023, Doram took figures of 7/29 from 9.5 overs against

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in the

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, the third-best bowling figures in the history of West Indian domestic one-day cricket.

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