Dan Moriarty (cricketer)
South African cricketer
Daniel Thornhill Moriarty (born 12 February 1999) is an English-South African cricketer.
Career
He represented the South Africa U19 team in 2016. Moriarty has also played for the MCC Young Cricketers, and that is how he was noticed by several first-class counties. After being spotted, Moriarty signed a professional contract with Surrey.
He made his first-class debut on 1 August 2020, for Surrey in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy. On debut, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with 5/64 in the second innings. He made his Twenty20 debut on 28 August 2020, for Surrey in the 2020 T20 Blast. He made his List A debut on 22 July 2021, for Surrey in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.
In April 2022, he was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred.
In August 2023, it was announced that he signed for Yorkshire starting in the 2024 season on a 3-year contract after a successful 4-game loan spell in 2023.
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