Dawid Johannes Malan Jnr (born 3 September 1987) is an English cricketer who represented England in all three international formats between 2017 and his retirement from international cricket in 2024. A left-handed top-order batter and occasional leg break bowler, Malan has played first-class cricket in England for Middlesex and Yorkshire, and has featured in several Twenty20 leagues across the world, including the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Punjab Kings.
| Full name | Dawid Johannes Malan Jnr |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 September 1987 |
| Nationality | English |
| Batting style | Left-handed |
| Bowling style | Leg break (occasional) |
| Role | Top-order batter |
| Domestic teams | Middlesex, Yorkshire |
| IPL team | Punjab Kings |
| Test debut | 2017 |
| T20I debut | 2017 |
| ODI debut | 2019 |
| International retirement | 2024 |
Malan plays as a left-handed top-order batsman and occasionally bowls leg breaks. In English domestic cricket, he has been associated with Middlesex and later Yorkshire, and has built a substantial Twenty20 career across multiple franchise leagues.
Malan made his Test and Twenty20 International (T20I) debuts for England in 2017, and added his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2019, thus completing appearances in all three formats. He continued to play for England across formats until announcing his retirement from international cricket in 2024.
Malan is one of only four batsmen from England to have scored a T20I century. In 2020, his rating in the ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings reached 915, which set a record in the format at the time.
Malan was part of the England squad that won the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Beyond English domestic cricket, Malan has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues around the world. In the Indian Premier League, he has represented the Punjab Kings.
Malan is regarded as one of England's leading Twenty20 batters of his era, noted for his record-setting ICC T20I rating of 915 in 2020 and his membership of the small group of England batters to have scored a T20I hundred. His career also coincides with England's white-ball success in the early 2020s, including the 2022 T20 World Cup triumph.