Full Name

Daniel John Doran

Born

June 18, 1981, Hobart, Tasmania

Age

42y 275d

Nicknames

Doors

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak Googly

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

1.8 m

Starting 2005-06 without a rookie contract or a match with the Queensland 2nd XI, the legspinner Daniel Doran experienced a dramatic elevation as he ended the summer with a Pura Cup trophy and a place at the Academy. Doran was an unknown club bowler in Victoria when he moved to the Gold Coast in 2003, but after a couple of seasons of wickets he was promoted into Queensland's representative squads and earned his first-class debut against Western Australia, picking up five wickets for the match. Three victims in the final, including a wicked pitch-outside-leg-hit-off delivery to David Hussey with his first ball of the second innings, pushed his tally to 15 at an exceptional 28.46.

That winter was spent at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, where he worked with Terry Jenner, and he was included on the Academy's tour to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. He played all ten Pura Cup matches for Queensland in 2006-07, but suffered a bout of second-season blues that was not helped by Brisbane's unresponsive pitches or Jimmy Maher's captaincy. Only ten wickets came his way in 156 overs and he finished with an unflattering average of 70.50. He had similar numbers in 2007-08 - ten at 72.90 - and last summer he broke through only four times in five matches.

In 2005 Doran, who has 2nd XI experience with Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Kent, was invited to be a net bowler for England during a club stint in the United Kingdom. Asking if he could stay on for the Australia session, he ended up chatting with Stuart MacGill as he got a look at some of his future interstate opponents. A strong turner of the ball, Doran carries a lot of variations and isn't afraid to try them.
Peter English May 2009

Daniel Doran Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC324934702741433/335/10363.744.7380.6000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC3249175676117.71123845.790167390

Recent Matches of Daniel Doran

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Queensland vs Victoria23 & 50/9127-Nov-2009MelbourneFC
Queensland vs West Indians31*3/107 & 0/9718-Nov-2009BrisbaneFC
Queensland vs South Aust140/94 & 0/4408-Nov-2009AdelaideFC
Queensland vs Tasmania30/8 & 1/3001-Nov-2009BrisbaneFC
Qld U23s vs Vic U23s0 & 52/42 & 0/3027-Oct-2009MelbourneOTHER

Photos of Daniel Doran

Martin Love, Ashley Noffke and Daniel Doran during the launch of the Sheffield Shield
Michael Kasprowicz and Daniel Doran put on 73 for the last wicket
Daniel Doran is congratulated after taking the wicket of Clint Heron
Daniel Doran is delighted at grabbing a wicket
Daniel Doran is mobbed by his team-mates