Pieter Daneel (born 19 March 1987 in Stellenbosch) is a South African cricketer and businessman.
Daneel was educated at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch and Stellenbosch University. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. In 2006–07, he played first-class and List A cricket for Boland.
Daneel worked in banking as a chartered accountant in Johannesburg and London before taking charge of his family's jewellery manufacturing business in Cape Town. He gained a Professor Jochen Runde Scholarship to study for an MBA at Jesus College, Cambridge in 2019–20. He played for Cambridge University in the 2020 University match, scoring a century in the second innings. His was the only century in the 175th and final first-class University match.
References
- ^ "Pieter Daneel". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- "Pieter Daneel". Cambridge Judge Business School. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "University Match at Cambridge, Sep 3-6 2020". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "The Universities in 2020", Wisden 2021, pp. 575–77.
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