Dan Escott

Daniel Alexander Escott (born 26 September 1996) is an English cricketer and schoolteacher. On his first-class debut, playing for Oxford University, he scored a century and took six wickets in an innings.

Dan Escott

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Alexander Escott
Born	(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 28) Torbay, Devon, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016–	Oxford University
First-class debut	5 July 2016 Oxford University v Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 373 Batting average 74.60 100s/50s 2/0 Top score 175 Balls bowled 404 Wickets 10 Bowling average 15.70 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/71 Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2018

Cricket career

Escott attended Winchester College, where he excelled at cricket, playing in the First XI for five years without missing a match.^[1] In his final year, 2015, he set a school record by scoring 1096 runs in a season, beating the previous record set by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in 1959.^[2][3]

He went up to Lincoln College, Oxford, appearing in several minor matches for the university team in 2016 before making his first-class debut in the annual match against Cambridge University. Opening the batting, he made 36 in Oxford's first innings and did not bowl in Cambridge's first innings. In Oxford's second innings he scored 125 off 202 balls, then took 6 for 71 off 31 overs of his leg-spin to help Oxford to victory by 103 runs.^[4] In the university match in 2018 he captained Oxford to victory after scoring 175 in Oxford's first innings.^[5]

Escott has taught economics at Harrow School since 2019. He is on the Board of Governors at St John's Church of England School in Stanmore.^[6]

References

1. Wisden 2016, p. 803.
2. Wisden 2016, p. 836.
3. "Not even Uni records will persuade Dan to join the elite". The Cricket Paper. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
4. "Oxford University v Cambridge University 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
5. "Varsity Match, University Match at Oxford, Jul 2-5 2018". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
6. "Governing Board". St John's Church of England School. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

External links

• Dan Escott at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Dan Escott at ESPNcricinfo