{{short description|South African cricketer (born 2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Dan Lategan | fullname= Daniel Herbert Lategan | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm off-spin | role = Batter | family = | club1 = Worcestershire | year1 = {{nowrap|2025–present}} | clubnumber1 = 25 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 8 September | debutyear1 = 2025 | debutfor1 = Worcestershire | debutagainst1 = Nottinghamshire | type2 = LA | debutdate2 = 15 August | debutyear2 = 2025 | debutfor2 = Worcestershire | debutagainst2 = Derbyshire | hidedeliveries = true | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 457 | bat avg1 = 32.64 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 89 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 6 | runs2 = 272 | bat avg2 = 54.40 | 100s/50s2 = 0/2 | top score2 = 78 | catches/stumpings2 = 4/– | date = 10 May | year = 2026 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/daniel-lategan-1442945 Cricinfo }}
'''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.
==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.<ref name="lewis"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.clubcricket.co.za/latestnews/daniel-lategan-worcestershire/?amp=1|website=Clubcricket.co.za|accessdate=28 August 2025|title= Contract Durbanville Cricket Club Batsman – ‘Dream Come True To Sign My First Pro Contract’|date=28 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.clubcricket.co.za/latestnews/worcs-batsman-from-sa/?amp=1|website=clubcricket.za|accessdate=31 August 2025|title= Club Batsman Averages 88 After Debut Week For Worcestershire In One-Day Cup|date=23 August 2025}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|website=Bromsgrove Advertiser|accessdate=28 August 2025|title= Worcestershire CCC sign Usama Mir and Daniel Lategan |url=https://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/sport/25348059.worcestershire-ccc-sign-usama-mir-daniel-lategan/|date=29 July 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/sport/other-sport/rapids-are-too-good-for-falcons-thanks-to-bretts-century-5276989|website=Derbyshire Times|date=18 August 2025|title= Rapids are too good for Falcons thanks to Brett’s century |accessdate=28 August 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/one-day-cup-2025-1461951/worcestershire-vs-surrey-group-a-1462027/match-report|website=Espncricinfo|date=26 August 2025|accessdate=28 August 2025|title= Quick Kashif Ali half-century helps Worcestershire to home semi-final }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/one-day-cup-2025-1461951/worcestershire-vs-somerset-semi-final-1462030/live-cricket-score|website=espncricinfo|accessdate=31 August 2025|date=31 August 2025|title=Worcestershire vs. Somerset}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c4gj18167x0o|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=31 August 2025|title= Worcestershire see off Somerset in One-Day Cup semis|date=31 August 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name="lewis"> {{cite web|url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/worcestershire-batter-daniel-lategan-new-road-bar-englands-radar-1533307|website=espncricinfo|accessdate=25 April 2026|title= 'A lot has happened so fast' - Daniel Lategan, from New Road bar to England's radar|first= Vithushan |last=Ehantharajah|date=Apr 23, 2026}}</ref>
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