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| Full name | Wayne Wendell Daniel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1956-01-16)16 January 1956 (age 69) Saint Philip, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Diamond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 156) | 21 April 1976 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 16 March 1984 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 24) | 22 February 1978 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 March 1984 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1975/76–1983/84 | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1988 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981/82 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wayne Wendell Daniel (born 16 January 1956) is a formercricketer, who played as a right arm fast bowler. Daniel featured for theWest Indies,Middlesex,Barbados andWestern Australia in his cricketing career. He was the first person to hit a six and take a wicket on the last ball of his test career. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished asrunners-up at the1983 Cricket World Cup.
Born inSt Phillip,Barbados, Daniel picked up cricket at a young age. Evolving into a hostile and muscular fast bowler, Daniel first toured England with the West Indies schoolboys team in 1974 andMiddlesex's Second XI in 1975. After such he made hisfirst-class debut forBarbados in 1975/76. Daniel, in partnership with fellow fast bowlersMichael Holding andAndy Roberts, contributed greatly to the defeat ofEngland in1976.[1]
Nicknamed "Diamond" or "Black Diamond",[2] in 1977, Daniel accepted an offer to play inWorld Series Cricket, which kept him out of Test cricket for two years. Although Holding and Roberts resumed their Test careers after World Series Cricket, Daniel was less fortunate, asMalcolm Marshall,Colin Croft,Joel Garner and laterCourtney Walsh came to the fore in his place. Daniel found himself left out of the national team and forced to carve out a successfulfirst-class career withMiddlesex between 1977 and 1988, gaining his county cap in 1977 and awarded a benefit in 1985.[2][3] He took 867 wickets at an average of just 22.47 with a best of 9 for 61 againstGlamorgan in 1982.[4] He also took another 362 wickets at an average of 18.16 in 241one day games, including a then English domestic one day bowling record of seven wickets for twelve runs, for Middlesex againstMinor Counties East at Ipswich.[5] He helped Middlesex to win theCounty Championship outright in1980,1982 and1985, and to share it withKent in1977, and to win theGillette Cup in1977 and1980, theBenson & Hedges Cup in1983 and1986, and the1984 NatWest Trophy.[3][6] Daniel also played forWestern Australia in theSheffield Shield 1981–82 season and for his native Barbados between 1976 and 1985.
Daniel's run up was idiosyncratic but he bowled with a strong action, bending his back and then following through halfway down the pitch to deliver 'heavy' balls which hit the batsman's splice or ribs. His long run up also meant that duringJohn Player League matches, which limited bowlers' run-ups, Daniel ran on the spot for a while to simulate his full run-up.[7][2]
When his playing days came to a close, Daniel became involved in coaching along with cricket commentary.[8]
