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{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Dan Christian
| image = Daniel Christian.jpg
| full_name = Daniel Trevor Christian
| nickname = DC
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Narrandera]], New South Wales, Australia
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2010–2021
| country = Australia
| odidebutdate = 5 February
| odidebutyear = 2012
| odidebutagainst = India
| odicap = 191
| lastodidate = 26 July
| lastodiyear = 2021
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| odishirt = 54
| T20Idebutdate = 23 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2010
| T20Idebutagainst = West Indies
| T20Icap = 44
| lastT20Idate = 9 August
| lastT20Iyear = 2021
| lastT20Iagainst = Bangladesh
| T20Ishirt = 54
| club1 = [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2005/06–2006/07}}{{efn|Only teams Christian has played for in more than one season are listed here.}}
| club2 = [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]]
| year2 = 2007/08–2012/13
| club3 = [[Deccan Chargers]]
| year3 = 2011–2012
| club4 = [[Brisbane Heat]]
| year4 = 2011/12–2014/15
| club5 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| year5 = 2013, 2021
| club6 = [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]]
| year6 = 2013/14–2017/18
| club7 = [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
| year7 = 2015–2020, 2022
| club8 = [[Hobart Hurricanes]]
| year8 = 2015/16–2017/18
| club9 = [[Jozi Stars]]
| year9 = 2018–2019
| club10 = [[Melbourne Renegades]]
| year10 = 2018/19–2019/20
| club11 = [[Sydney Sixers]]
| year11 = 2020/21–2022/23

| columns = 4

| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 20
| runs1 = 273
| bat avg1 = 21.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 39
| deliveries1 = 727
| wickets1 = 20
| bowl avg1 = 29.75
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/31
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 23
| runs2 = 118
| bat avg2 = 14.75
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 39[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 279
| wickets2 = 13
| bowl avg2 = 30.61
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/27
| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–

| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 120
| runs3 = 2,844
| bat avg3 = 32.68
| 100s/50s3 = 2/14
| top score3 = 117
| deliveries3 = 3,896
| wickets3 = 107
| bowl avg3 = 33.50
| fivefor3 = 3
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 6/48
| catches/stumpings3 = 43/–

| column4 = [[Twenty20 cricket|T20]]
| matches4 = 399
| runs4 = 5,778
| bat avg4 = 23.01
| 100s/50s4 = 2/17
| top score4 = 129
| deliveries4 = 5,721
| wickets4 = 277
| bowl avg4 = 29.11
| fivefor4 = 2
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/14
| catches/stumpings4 = 182/–
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/dan-christian-4864 ESPNcricinfo
| date = 30 December
| year = 2022
}}

'''Daniel Trevor Christian''' (born 4 May 1983) is an Australian professional [[cricket]]er with [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal]] ancestry. He was considered a [[Twenty20]] specialist and played for franchises all over the globe. Christian is known as a powerful hitter and a useful medium pacer. ESPNcricinfo's Peter English described him as a "natural all-rounder". He is seen as a cricket role model for Australia's indigenous population.<ref name="The man from Narrandera">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/457821.html|title=The man from Narrandera|last=English|first=Peter|date=30 April 2010|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 April 2010}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in 1983, Christian grew up in the town of [[Narrandera]] in the [[Riverina]] region of [[New South Wales]] and is of British, Irish Catholic and Australian Indigenous [[Wiradjuri]] ancestry.<ref name="The man from Narrandera"/> He lived in Narrandera until the age of 13 when he moved to [[Sydney]] to attend [[St Gregory's College, Campbelltown]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cricket's gain is league's loss |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F13BC9A136C09A2C8 |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |via=Newsbank |date=22 December 2011}}</ref>

==Cricket career==
[[File:Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars T20 5.jpg|thumb|right|Dan Christian during a [[Big Bash League|BBL]] match in 2014]]
In 2003, Christian attended the Australian Cricket Academy.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/blank/content/story/131050.html|title=ACB and AIS announce 2003 Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy scholars|date=2 May 2003|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref>

Christian played [[List A cricket]] for [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] in 2006 and 2007. After he was not offered a new contract for the 2007–08 season, he moved to South Australia where he soon found himself playing [[first-class cricket]] for the state team.<ref>[http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4864.html ESPNcricinfo - Players and Officials - Daniel Christian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222232851/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4864.html |date=22 December 2007 }} ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2007</ref>

In 2009, Christian captained an [[Indigenous Australian]] cricket team that toured England.<ref name="cricinfo2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/409292.html|title=Aboriginal tour to mark 1868 groundbreakers|date=16 June 2009|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref> ESPNcricinfo noted that "With the bat Christian can be brutal, particularly when aiming at Adelaide's square boundaries, and he is one of those rare strikers whose eyes don't need a warm-up ball."<ref name="The man from Narrandera" /> He was brought into Australia's [[Twenty20]] team "following a series of brutal, clever and consistent performances."<ref name="The man from Narrandera" />

In February 2010, he made his [[Twenty20 International]] debut against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]]. The following month, he was selected as a member of Australia's squad for the [[2010 ICC World Twenty20]] tournament.

Christian played for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in their victorious 2010 Twenty20 Cup campaign.

Additionally, Christian was a part of the [[Deccan Chargers|Deccan Charger]]’s team which competed annually in the [[DLF IPL]] - he was purchased for US$900,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipl-schedule.com/382-players-sold-in-ipl-auction-2011.html |title=Players sold in IPL Auction 2011 |publisher=Ipl-schedule.com |date=2011-01-08 |access-date=2013-08-06 |archive-date=11 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111052055/http://www.ipl-schedule.com/382-players-sold-in-ipl-auction-2011.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 2 March 2012, he took figures of 5/31 which included a [[List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks|hat-trick]] in an ODI match against [[Sri Lanka]] at the MCG. Despite his impressive figures, Australia were unable to win the match.

He was picked up by the [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] for a sum of US$100,000, and joined them for their IPL-6 campaign.

In 2013, Christian signed for the English team [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire Gladiators]] to play in the [[2013 Twenty20 Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/current/story/624878.html |title=County news : Gloucestershire sign Daniel Christian for T20. Cricket News. County Cricket 2013 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2013-08-06}}</ref> although he did play a first-class game for Gloucestershire against [[Australia A cricket team|Australia A]]. The following year he signed for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex Panthers]] to play in the [[2014 t20 Blast]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middlesexccc.com/articles/2014-04-24/dan-christian-signs-to-play-natwest-t20-blast-cricket-for-middlesex|title=Dan Christian signs to play Natwest T20 Blast cricket for Middlesex|publisher=Middlesex County Cricket Club|access-date=2014-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424195450/http://www.middlesexccc.com/articles/2014-04-24/dan-christian-signs-to-play-natwest-t20-blast-cricket-for-middlesex|archive-date=24 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> a spell which included an innings against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] of 129, which included ten sixes and to date is the highest score by a batsman in a T20 game at the [[St Lawrence Ground|St. Lawrence Ground]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/750761.html Christian's brilliance fails to end Middlesex slump]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-16|title=Canterbury T20 Blast Statistics and Records|url=https://t20-head-to-head.com/t20-blast-stadium-statistics-records/canterbury/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=T20 Head to Head|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2015, Christian signed for his 4th English County, [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] in a spell that would bring both him and the club great success in the [[t20 Blast]] competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club : Dan Christian|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/cricket/players/2018/dan-christian.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.trentbridge.co.uk}}</ref>

In February 2017, he was bought by [[Rising Pune Supergiants]] team for the [[2017 Indian Premier League]].<ref name="IPL">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2017/content/story/1083407.html |title=List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017 |access-date=20 February 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo|date=20 February 2017 }}</ref> In January 2018, he was bought by the [[Delhi Daredevils]] in the [[List of 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes|2018 IPL auction]].<ref name="IPL2018">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22218394/ipl-2018-player-auction-list-sold-unsold-players |title=List of sold and unsold players |access-date=27 January 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

During the summer of 2018, he scored his first T20 hundred for the [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Notts Outlaws]] against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] posting a record score at the [[County Cricket Ground, Northampton|County Ground]] in the process.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-16|title=Northampton T20 Blast Statistics and Records|url=https://t20-head-to-head.com/t20-blast-stadium-statistics-records/northampton/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=T20 Head to Head|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In October 2018, he was named in [[Jozi Stars]]' squad for the [[2018 Mzansi Super League|first edition]] of the [[Mzansi Super League]] T20 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/live-mzansi-super-league-player-draft-20181017 |title=Mzansi Super League - full squad lists |work=Sport24 |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/domestic/mzansi-super-league-player-draft-the-story-so-far-17521199 |title=Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far |work=Independent Online |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref> In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the [[2019 Euro T20 Slam|inaugural edition]] of the [[Euro T20 Slam]] cricket tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27222261/eoin-morgan-represent-dublin-franchise-inaugural-euro-t20-slam |title=Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |title=Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 July 2019 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719163945/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27387389/inaugural-euro-t20-slam-cancelled-two-weeks-notice |title=Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the [[Jozi Stars]] team for the [[2019 Mzansi Super League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/31555/MSL-20-announces-its-T20-squads |title=MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=4 September 2019 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904081427/https://cricket.co.za/news/31555/MSL-20-announces-its-T20-squads |url-status=dead }}</ref> Christian led the [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Notts Outlaws]] to victory in the 2020 [[T20 Blast]] competition with a man of the match performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/54408622|title=T20 Blast: Notts Outlaws beat Surrey to win trophy for second time |work=BBC |access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>

In November 2020, he was picked by [[Karachi Kings]] for [[Pakistan Super League]]. He played the first few matches but withdrew from tournament in March 2021 due to a COVID-19 outbreak.<ref>{{cite web |title=A timeline of how Covid-19 forced PSL 2021 to be suspended |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-timeline-of-how-covid-19-forced-the-psl-2021-to-be-suspended-1253711 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> Before that he had played for [[Multan Sultans]] in the PSL 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Super League, 2018/19 - Multan Sultans batting averages |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/pakistan-super-league-2018-19-12804?team=6413 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>

In February 2021, Christian was bought by the [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] in the [[List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes|IPL auction]] ahead of the [[2021 Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1252152 |title=IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref>

On 8 August 2021, Christian scored 30 runs off an over bowled by left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan as part of a 15-ball 39 scored against Bangladesh,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/08/australia-finally-beat-bangladesh-in-t20-thanks-to-christian-heroics |title=Australia finally beat Bangladesh in T20 thanks to Christian heroics |work=The Guardian |date=7 August 2021 |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> to become the first Australian to hit five sixes in a single over of a T20 international.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-bangladesh-lowest-scoring-series-dan-christian-t20-world-cup-dhaka/2021-08-08 |title=Records loom as 'crazy' series hits new scoring low |work=Cricket.com.au |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> Later the same month, Christian was named as one of three players as injury cover in Australia's squad for the [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1274020.html |title=Josh Inglis earns call-up and key names return in Australia's T20 World Cup squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>

In early January 2025, Christian came out of retirement to join the [[Sydney Thunder]] for the rest of the [[2024–25 Big Bash League season]]. He had been serving as Thunder's assistant coach over the previous two seasons and answered a late call-up to bolster the team amid a mounting injury toll.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dan Christian made available for BBL return as Thunder announce squad ahead of clash with Heat {{!}} Sydney Thunder |url=https://www.sydneythunder.com.au/news/4194261/dan-christian-made-available-for-bbl-return-as-thunder-announce-squad-ahead-of-clash-with-heat |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=www.sydneythunder.com.au |date=5 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Books==

In 2022 he wrote ''The All-rounder - The inside story of big time cricket'' with [[Gideon Haigh]] about his exploits in cricket during 2021 with RCB, Australia and in the Hundred.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460761175/the-all-rounder/ |title=The All-rounder|access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{twitter|danchristian54}}
* {{cricinfo|id=4864}}

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