Daniel Weston (born 11 March 1983) is a German

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er. Born in

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, he initially played cricket for that State alongside better-known players such as

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. In 2004, he founded Westware Computers Pty Ltd, which built and supplied computer hardware and services to the education and corporate sector. He sold that business at the age of 23 before moving to Europe. In 2013, he founded the Aimed Global Alpha

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hedge fund, domiciled in Luxembourg. In 2016, he founded German Cricket TV, an online video channel for supporting and promoting cricket in Germany. He was named in Germany's squad for the

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tournament in South Africa. He played in Germany's opening fixture, against

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, on 3 September 2017. In August, 2018, Weston founded the

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, as the basis for the Champions League of Cricket in Europe. In September 2018, he was the leading run-scorer for Germany in Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament. He was also named the player of the series, after scoring 180 runs, including three fifties, in five matches. In May 2019, he was named in Germany's

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(T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team. He made his T20I debut for Germany against

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on 11 May 2019. Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the

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of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in

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. However, during the tournament, he broke a finger and was replaced by Michael Richardson in Germany's squad.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weston, Daniel 1983 births Living people German cricketers Germany Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Australian emigrants to Germany Australian expatriate cricketers