Aneurin Donald


Aneurin Henry Thomas Donald is a Welsh cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Hampshire as a right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler. In December 2015 he was named in England's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Career

Donald initially learnt to play cricket at Gorseinon CC, where his brother Gafyn still turns out for the 1st XI. During the summer of 2018 Donald has lent his cricketing genius to the mighty Sunshine Coast scorchers. Although underwhelming to start Donald has shown some potential in the nets

Glamorgan: 2016-2018

Donald progressed through the Glamorgan Cricket Academy, and spent a summer in Australia at the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy, before moving back to his native Wales in 2016.
On 17 July 2016, Donald equalled the fastest ever double hundred in first-class cricket, off just 123 balls, eventually scoring 234 off 136 balls in an innings that was also his maiden County Championship hundred for Glamorgan.
His form then suffered for the following two seasons, and by the 2018 season he was dropped from Glamorgan's County Championship and 50-over sides, but remained as a T20 opening batsman.

Hampshire: 2018-present

Offered a new three year contract from 2019-2021 by Glamorgan, Donald who has ambitions to play for the England national side, decided for career reasons on 23 August 2018 to sign a two year deal with Hampshire for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. As a result, Glamorgan offered Donald to Hampshire as a loan player for the remainder of the 2018 season, and he hence moved with immediate effect.
In December 2019, Donald was ruled out of the 2020 cricket season, after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.

Playing style

Donald is known for his exuberant and attacking playing style. In the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup he played the first ever 'Scooping Slap Shot' in a match against Zimbabwe.