Dan Lategan
South African cricketer (born 2006)
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Daniel Herbert Lategan (born 25 May 2006) is a South African cricketer who plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.
Cape Town, South Africa
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| Full name | Daniel Herbert Lategan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 2006 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Worcestershire (squad no. 25) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 8 September 2025 Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 15 August 2025 Worcestershire v Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
Born in Cape Town, Lategan was among Durbanville Cricket Club’s title-winning 2024-25 Western Province Cricket Association Premier League team. He qualified for a British ancestral visa through his mother and moved from Wynberg College in South Africa to a scholarship at Brighton College in England.[1][2][3]
Lategan joined the Worcestershire County Cricket Club academy in England at under-15 level, and after progressing through to the second-XI signed a three-year professional contract with the county in July 2025.[4] Lategan scored an unbeaten 42 off 39 balls on his first team debut for Worcestershire in the One-Day Cup against Derbyshire on 15 August 2025.[5] He made his maiden half-century for Worcestershire in the One-Day Cup against Surrey on 26 August 2025 to help the team reach the semi-finals of the competition.[6] He top-scored with 78 from 82 balls for Worcestershire as they won their One-Day Cup semi-final against Somerset on 31 August 2025.[7][8] Lategan made his first class debut for the county in September 2025. He later played in 2025-26 in South Africa with SA20 franchise MI Cape Town, but did not play. He struck his maiden first-class half century for Worcestershire against Derbyshire in April 2026.[1]