1. Dawid Johannes Malan Jnr is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire in English domestic cricket.
45 Facts About Dawid Malan
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Dawid Malan previously played for Middlesex, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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Dawid Malan played for England in all formats from 2017 until his retirement from international cricket in 2024.
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Dawid Malan was part of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup.
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Dawid Malan is a left-handed top-order batter and occasional leg break bowler.
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Dawid Malan is one of the only four batsmen from England to score a T20I century.
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Dawid Malan, who is of South African Afrikaner descent, was born in Roehampton, London.
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Dawid Malan's brother, Charl Malan, played first-class cricket for Loughborough MCCU, whilst his sister, Line, was an international field hockey player for South Africa.
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Dawid Malan is a left-handed batter and occasional leg-spin bowler who originally represented Boland in South Africa and the MCC Young Cricketers in 2006.
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Dawid Malan joined Middlesex on 7 July 2006 and made his first XI debut in a Twenty20 Cup tie versus Surrey at The Oval on the same day.
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In 2007 Dawid Malan was the top run scorer in the Second XI Championship with 969 runs at 51.00.
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Dawid Malan made his first-class debut for Middlesex in June 2008, scoring 132 not out.
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On 8 July 2008, Dawid Malan hit the 24th century in the history of the Twenty20 Cup, compiling 103 off 54 balls in the quarter-final against the Lancashire Lightning.
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Dawid Malan played List-A domestic cricket for Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club in the Dhaka Premier League of Bangladesh for two seasons from 2013 to 2015, contributing with both bat and ball.
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Dawid Malan was appointed as Middlesex captain across all three formats before the start of the 2018 season.
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Dawid Malan stepped down following the 2019 season and in November 2019, he signed a four-year contract to play for Yorkshire from the 2020 season.
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Dawid Malan agreed a deal to play only limited overs cricket for Yorkshire in 2024.
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Dawid Malan was named in England's Twenty20 International squad for their home series against South Africa in June 2017.
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Dawid Malan made 78 on his debut, on 25 June 2017, with England winning the match and Malan adjudged 'man of the match' for his batting performance.
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Dawid Malan was added to England's Test squad, ahead of the third Test against South Africa, and made his Test debut on 27 July 2017 as a number 5 batsman.
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Dawid Malan failed to impress in his second Test, raising questions over his Test future.
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However, Dawid Malan kept his place for the series against the West Indies and scored his maiden Test 50, helping England to win their first day-night Test.
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Dawid Malan was selected for the winter tours to Australia and New Zealand, during the 3rd Ashes Test at the WACA in December 2017, Dawid Malan scored his first Test century: his 100 was the first century of the series from the England team.
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Dawid Malan continued his good form in T20Is on the tour, adding another three half-centuries in the four games he played in the Trans-Tasman Tri-Series, though this was not enough to see him keep his place in the team once rested players were recalled during the following English summer.
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Dawid Malan did retain his place for the two Tests against Pakistan and the first Test against India that summer, but was dropped after a poor run of form.
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Dawid Malan was added to England's One Day International squad for their one-off match against Ireland on 3 May 2019.
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Dawid Malan made 24 runs on his ODI debut for England in the match, as a number of their World Cup squad were rested.
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Dawid Malan was recalled to the T20I squad for tour to New Zealand, and, on 8 November 2019 in the fourth T20I, Dawid Malan scored his first century.
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Dawid Malan played in all six of England's T20Is against Pakistan and Australia in the summer of 2020, scoring 213 runs, with his performances moving him to first position in the ICC T20I batter rankings in September 2020.
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In March 2021, during England's tour of India, Dawid Malan became the fastest batter to score 1,000 runs in T20Is in 24 innings.
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In June 2022, in the opening match against the Netherlands, Dawid Malan scored his first century in ODI cricket.
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Dawid Malan made 125 runs, as part of England's score of 498 runs, the highest team total in ODI history.
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Dawid Malan was one of three centurions in the innings, along with Phil Salt and Jos Buttler.
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Dawid Malan became the third English player to score a century in all three formats after Heather Knight and Jos Buttler; he took his maiden ODI wicket, becoming the first and only English male player to have scored a century and taken a wicket in all three formats.
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Later in the year, Dawid Malan was part of the winning England squad at the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
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Dawid Malan scored a total of 56 runs in the group stage, but was injured in the final group game and missed the semi-final and final.
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Dawid Malan was announced as part of England's provisional 15 man squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
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Dawid Malan scored 140 runs off just 107 balls in the second game against Bangladesh.
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Dawid Malan announced his retirement from international cricket on 28 August 2024.
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Dawid Malan played for Peshawar Zalmi in the first season of the Pakistan Super League and continued with them the following season, in which they won the Final played in Lahore.
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Dawid Malan played for Barisal Bulls in the fourth season of the Bangladesh Premier League.
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In October 2018, Dawid Malan was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.
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In December 2020, Dawid Malan made his debut for the Australian Big Bash League, joining the Hobart Hurricanes.
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In February 2021, Dawid Malan was bought by the Punjab Kings in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.
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Dawid Malan was drafted by Trent Rockets for the inaugural season of The Hundred.