Simon Daniels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1958
Place of Birth: Darlington, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Simon Daniels
- Simon Antony Brewis Daniels (born 23 August 1958) is a former English cricketer.
- Daniels was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- Born in Darlington, County Durham, he was educated at Sedbergh School and at Newcastle Polytechnic.Daniels made his debut for Durham in the 1979 Minor Counties Championship against Cheshire.
- He made fourteen Minor Counties Championship appearances up to the 1980 season.
- In 1980 he made his List A debut for the county against Nottinghamshire in the Gillette Cup, a match in which he went wicket-less in the 12 overs he bowled, conceding 32 runs.He joined Glamorgan for the 1981 season, making his first-class debut against Middlesex in the County Championship.
- He made fifteen further first-class appearances for Glamorgan, the last of which came against Essex in the 1982 County Championship.
- In his sixteen first-class matches, he scored 227 runs at an average of 17.46, with a high score of 73.
- This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Gloucestershire in 1982.
- This score also came during his record partnership for the 10th wicket in which himself and Terry Davies compiled 143 runs, which remains a Glamorgan record for the 10th wicket.
- With the ball, he took 28 wickets at a bowling average of 41.53, with best figures of 3/33.
- His first List A appearance for Glamorgan also came in 1981, against Middlesex in the John Player League.
- He made eight further appearances in that format for the county, the last of which came against Essex in the 1982 John Player League.
- He took just 4 wickets in his nine matches, which came at an average of 75.50, with best figures of 3/32.He left Glamorgan at the end of the 1982 season, where he returned to Durham for the following season.
- He made just a single appearance in that seasons Minor Counties Championship against Northumberland, as well as a single List A match in the NatWest Trophy against Lancashire, a match in which Daniels again failed to take a wicket, conceding 64 runs from 12 overs.
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