Person in history

Tim David

Tim David, Singaporean-born Australian cricketer

Life at a glance

Born
1996 · March 16
Age this year
30No death recorded in our data
Known as
cricketer. Citizenship: Australia
Born
30th anniversary of their birth this year

Their story

Who they were

Timothy Hays David is a Singaporean-born Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian national cricket team in Twenty20 International. He also plays in various franchise leagues, including the Big Bash League, for the Hobart Hurricanes, and the Indian Premier League, for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

Early life

Educated at: Scotch College, Perth.

Early life Timothy Hays David was born in Singapore to Rod David , a cricketer who played for Singapore at the 1997 ICC Trophy . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The family moved to Singapore from Australia in the 1990s where his father worked as an engineer. They moved back to Australia when he was two years old in the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis and he grew up in Perth . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He attended Scotch College . [ 5 ] ^ Beswick, Daniel (30 July 2019).

Youth and domestic career David played for the Claremont-Nedlands Cricket Club growing up and won the Olly Cooley Medal in 2016–17 for his performance in Western Australian Premier Cricket . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2018, he signed a rookie contract for Western Australia . [ 3 ] There, he sustained a stress fracture in his foot and transitioned from seam bowling to off break . [ 1 ] He lost his rookie contract with the team in early 2019, after which he began focusing on T20 cricket . [

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Tim David appears on our March 16 calendar for 1996 as a birth entry.

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Questions about Tim David

When was Tim David born?

March 16 1996.

How old would Tim David be today?

30 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.

Who else was born on March 16?

Ivan Toney, Camilo (singer), Joel Embiid and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.

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