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#4 Daniel Christian

Daniel Christian couldn’t grab the limited opportunity he got

Daniel Christian, a hard-hitting batsman and a handy seamer from New South Wales made his international debut against the West Indies in 2010 but had to wait until 2012 to be a part of the Australian ODI squad. Daniel Christian was included in Australian squad because of his reputation as a hard hitter. His domestic stats clearly indicated his intentions as a batsman, with an average of 34 at an amazing strike rate of 102 in his list-A career.

However, the 33-year old never got chances to bat in his short T20 international career and his bowling performances in the format were below par. Christian’s ODI career was a mixed one, though.

Christian had some brilliant cameos under his name in his short career and his clever bowling was appreciated all over the world. His brilliant use of slow bouncers fetched some wickets as well. However, the Aussie’s inconsistency paved his way out of the team back in 2014 and was never looked as an option again.

Christian has a T20 century under his name against Kent in the inaugural season of NatWest T20 blast, batting at number 5. The contributions he could have made to the Australian limited-overs side would have been much more, had his batting position in the national team a bit elevated.

But with the firepower possessed by the Australian limited-overs squad, there was not much room for error and Christian had to pay for his inability to grab his opportunities