Dan Lategan

Daniel Herbert Lategan (born 25 May 2006) is a South African cricketer who plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.

Career Born in Cape Town, Lategan was among Durbanville Cricket Club’s title-winning 2024-25 Western Province Cricket Association Premier League team. He qualified for a British ancestral visa through his mother and moved from Wynberg College in South Africa to a scholarship at Brighton College in England.

Lategan joined the Worcestershire County Cricket Club academy in England at under-15 level, and after progressing through to the second-XI signed a three-year professional contract with the county in July 2025. Lategan scored an unbeaten 42 off 39 balls on his first team debut for Worcestershire in the One-Day Cup against Derbyshire on 15 August 2025. He made his maiden half-century for Worcestershire in the One-Day Cup against Surrey on 26 August 2025 to help the team reach the semi-finals of the competition. He top-scored with 78 from 82 balls for Worcestershire as they won their One-Day Cup semi-final against Somerset on 31 August 2025. Lategan made his first class debut for the county in September 2025. He later played in 2025-26 in South Africa with SA20 franchise MI Cape Town, but did not play. He struck his maiden first-class half century for Worcestershire against Derbyshire in April 2026.