Daniel Worrall

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Daniel Worrall

| fullname = Daniel James Worrall

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|07|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| height = 6 ft 2 in

| nickname = Franky{{cite web |title=Daniel Worrall |url=https://www.saca.com.au/teams/redbacks/daniel-worrall |website=SACA |access-date=22 December 2021 |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426194529/https://www.saca.com.au/teams/redbacks/daniel-worrall |url-status=dead }}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| international = true

| country = Australia

| internationalspan = 2016

| odidebutdate = 27 September

| odidebutyear = 2016

| odidebutagainst = Ireland

| odicap = 214

| lastodidate = 5 October

| lastodiyear = 2016

| lastodiagainst = South Africa

| club1 = South Australia

| year1 = {{nowrap|2012/13–2021/22}}

| club2 = Melbourne Stars

| year2 = {{nowrap|2013/14–2019/20}}

| club3 = Gloucestershire

| year3 = 2018–2021

| club4 = Adelaide Strikers

| year4 = 2020/21

| club5 = Surrey

| year5 = 2022–present

| club6 = Sunrisers Eastern Cape

| year6 = 2023/24

| club7 = London Spirit

| year7 = 2024–present

| club8 = Gulf Giants

| year8 = 2025

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 6

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 6*

| deliveries1 = 158

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 171.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/43

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 100

| runs2 = 1,223

| bat avg2 = 13.29

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 51

| deliveries2 = 20,438

| wickets2 = 388

| bowl avg2 = 25.39

| fivefor2 = 16

| tenfor2 = 3

| best bowling2 = 7/64

| catches/stumpings2 = 27/–

| column3 = LA

| matches3 = 43

| runs3 = 128

| bat avg3 = 10.66

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 31*

| deliveries3 = 2,161

| wickets3 = 50

| bowl avg3 = 38.88

| fivefor3 = 1

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 5/62

| catches/stumpings3 = 15/–

| column4 = T20

| matches4 = 113

| runs4 = 175

| bat avg4 = 11.66

| 100s/50s4 = 0/1

| top score4 = 62*

| deliveries4 = 2,218

| wickets4 = 98

| bowl avg4 = 29.12

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 4/23

| catches/stumpings4 = 26/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/557298.html Cricinfo

| date = 21 June 2025

}}

Daniel James Worrall (born 10 July 1991) is an Australian–English cricketer who plays for Surrey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3316239/englishman-worrall-starts-afresh-in-his-new-homeland|title='Englishman' Worrall starts afresh in his new homeland | cricket.com.au|date=9 April 2022|website=www.cricket.com.au}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/news/surrey_sign_australia_international_daniel_worrall_local_player_three_year_contract.html|title=Surrey sign Australia international Daniel Worrall as local player | The Cricketer|website=www.thecricketer.com}} He played for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield competition and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/557298.html |title=Daniel Worrall |access-date=19 December 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was selected to play for Australia in 2016. He holds British citizenship and now lives in England.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/58618410|title=County ins and outs 2022|work=BBC Sport |date=4 October 2021 }} He will be classed as an international player in Australian competitions.

Career

=Early career (2012–2015)=

Worrall started his career playing for Melbourne Cricket Club in Victorian Premier Cricket,{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/daniel-worrall/eSNgu-4vCUmbUdW_qD60Aw|title=Daniel Worrall|access-date=29 November 2017|website=Cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia}} but he moved to Adelaide when he was offered a rookie contract with South Australia for the 2012–13 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/571194.html|title=South Australia cull six from contract list|date=6 July 2012|access-date=29 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He made his first-class debut against Queensland in 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sheffield-shield-2012/content/story/588228.html|title=Queensland batsmen hang on for draw|date=26 October 2012|access-date=29 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} but he struggled to maintain a spot in the state side consistently for the next few years.

=Breakout and international career (2015–present)=

Worrall's breakout came in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield season and BBL{{!}}05. He recorded his first 5 wicket haul in first-class cricket when he took figures of 5/69 against Victoria in the first innings.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/949033.html|title=Sixteen wickets fall in Melbourne|date=6 December 2015|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He followed this up in the second innings with three more wickets as the Redbacks went on to win by 8 wickets.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/scorecard/895937/Victoria-vs-South-Australia-13th-Match-sheff-shield-pura/|title=13th Match, Sheffield Shield at Melbourne, Dec 6-8 2015|date=6 December 2015|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He made headlines at the end of BBL|05 when, after starting the season outside of the Melbourne Stars' squad, he was brought into the team because other members of the team's pace attack were called up to play for Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/daniel-worrall-the-unsung-hero-for-melbourne-stars-big-bash-final-sydney-thunder/2016-01-23|title=Worrall the unsung hero for Stars|last=Middleton|first=Dave|date=23 January 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=Cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia}} In the final match of the regular season he took figures of 3/15 against the Perth Scorchers to help guarantee the Stars a home semi-final,{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2015-16/content/story/962765.html|title=Stars quicks secure MCG semi-final|last=Lavalette|first=Tristan|date=16 January 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} a performance that David Hussey described as "world-class". He followed this up in the semi-final, also against the Scorchers, by taking 3/25 in another win.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2015-16/content/story/964463.html|title=Pietersen fifty guides Stars to the final|last=MacPherson|first=Will|date=22 January 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} His form continued to improve over the rest of the Sheffield Shield season, with career-best figures of 6/96 against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield final in the absence of fellow Redbacks fast bowler Chadd Sayers.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sheffield-shield-2015-16/content/story/991911.html|title=Victoria have the edge after Holland takes three|last=Brettig|first=Daniel|date=28 March 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He finished the season as the second-highest wicket taker of the Sheffield Shield, with 44 wickets at an average of 26.18, and as a result he was named by the South Australian Cricket Association as the most improved player for the 2015–16 season, having gone from a fringe member of the squad to one of the key members of the South Australian pace attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/993975.html|title=Mennie, Maddinson and Hartley rewarded|date=1 April 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}

Worrall's improvement warranted selection in the Australia A squad for a 2016 quadrangular series in northern Queensland,{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1011407.html|title=Cummins set to return in Australia A series|date=10 May 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} during which he took figures of 4/26 against India A, his best figures in a List A match.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/10690/report/1012749/|title=India A shot out for 55 in big defeat|date=13 August 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} After the series, despite having only played 12 List A matches in his career, he was added to the Australian national squad for their tour of South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/17474913/australia-daniel-worrall-emerges-left-field-south-africa-tour|title=Daniel Worrall emerges from left-field|last=Coverdale|first=Brydon|date=6 September 2016|access-date=30 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He made his ODI debut for Australia against Ireland on 27 September 2016.{{cite news |title=Australia tour of South Africa, Only ODI: Australia v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 27, 2016 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/936133.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=27 September 2016 |access-date=27 September 2016 }}

Worrall played for South Australia in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup. Worrall opened the bowling against Victoria in the elimination final, bowling a wide on the first ball but recovering to then bowl Aaron Finch for a golden duck in the same over. He finished the match with figures of 5/62 as Victoria fell short of South Australia's score and they advanced through to the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/1118590/South-Australia-vs-Victoria-Elimination-Final-jlt-one-day-cup/|title=Weatherald-Carey stand leads South Australia into final|last=Brettig|first=Daniel|date=19 October 2017|access-date=23 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}

=English County career=

In February 2018, Gloucestershire signed Worrall as their overseas player for the 2018 County Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/100399/county-championship-2018-gloucestershire-sign-australian-daniel-worrall-as-overseas-player |title=Gloucestershire sign Daniel Worrall as overseas player|date=14 February 2018 | publisher=Cricbuzz|access-date=5 April 2018}} In 2019, he re-signed with Gloucestershire, ahead of the 2019 County Championship in England.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26420724/australians-heading-county-cricket |title=Change of season: the Australians heading to county cricket |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=2 April 2019}} He returned to Gloucestershire for the 2021 season. He made his first appearance in the third game against Hampshire after missing the start of the season due to quarantine requirements.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/county-championship-2021-brexit-paperwork-delay-leaves-graeme-van-buuren-in-gloucestershire-limbo-1260421 |title=Brexit paperwork delay leaves Graeme van Buuren in Gloucestershire limbo |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 April 2021}}

On 27 July 2021 Worrall signed for Surrey as a local player on a three-year contract which started from the 2022 summer. Worrall has a UK passport so will not count as an overseas player for Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/surrey_sign_australia_international_daniel_worrall_local_player_three_year_contract.html |title=Surrey sign Australia international Daniel Worrall as local player on three-year contract |work=The Cricketer}} Worrall was part of the Surrey team that won the 2022 County Championship.

In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}

In July 2023 Worrall was selected by the London Spirit for the 2023 season of The Hundred as an injury replacement for fast bowler Olly Stone.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/thehundred/dan_worrall_replaces_olly_stone_mens_hundred_replacement_signings_confirmed.html|title=Dan Worrall replaces Olly Stone at London Spirit as raft of Hundred replacement signings confirmed |website=The Cricketer}} On 21 August 2023 Worrall signed a new multi-year contract with Surrey{{Cite web|url=https://www.kiaoval.com/surrey-trio-sign-new-contracts//|title=Surrey trio sign new contracts |website=Kia Oval|date=21 August 2023 }}

Based on his success in England, there were reports that Worrall would switch his allegiances to England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3989988/daniel-worrall-australian-county-championship-wrap-fourth-round-2024-renshaw-harris-handscomb-tremain-bancroft|title=Aussie-born Worrall 'ready' for England Test cap |website=Cricket Australia}}

Awards

Worrall was named as one of the 2025 Wisden Cricketers of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwyqngl1ep1o|title=England trio among Wisden cricketers of the year|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=23 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/wisden-cricketers-of-the-year-2025-atkinson-smith-ecclestone-b2736725.html|title=Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith and Sophie Ecclestone named among Wisden Cricketers of the Year|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=23 April 2025}}

Bowling style

Worrall bowls a fast-medium pace and makes use of swing in his bowling.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/dan-worrall-winding-road-australia-cricket-team-south-australia-shield-mennie-south-africa-wanderers/2016-09-26|title=Worrall's winding road to the big time|last=Ramsey|first=Andrew|date=26 September 2016|access-date=29 November 2017|website=Cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia}} He has a distinctive angled run-up, one of the strangest in domestic Australian cricket.{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/melbourne-stars-bowler-daniel-worrall-explains-his-unusual-run-up/news-story/e662d0414057c416d9610eae8cbea8f4?nk=c12855ad84e52edb48b553d4a7bcdebc-1511954481|title=Melbourne Stars bowler Daniel Worrall explains his unusual run up|last=Landsberger|first=Sam|date=21 January 2016|access-date=29 November 2017|newspaper=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp Australia}} He developed this run-up in his childhood, where there was an inconveniently placed tree in his backyard which made a direct approach to the crease impossible with the long run-up required for pace bowling.