Dan Piachaud

James Daniel Piachaud (born 1 March 1937 in Colombo, Ceylon) is a retired Sri Lankan cricketer. Piachaud was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.

Dan Piachaud was educated at St Thomas's, Colombo, and Keble College, Oxford. He made his first-class debut for Oxford University in England in 1958 against Gloucestershire. In a first-class match for Oxford University against Hampshire in 1960, Piachaud was hit for 28 off an over bowled by Butch White: after bowling a dot ball, Piachaud was hit for four sixes and then a four.

After playing fifteen matches for Oxford University up until June of the 1960 season, Piachaud joined Hampshire for the remainder of the 1960 County Championship season. He made his debut for the club against Nottinghamshire in July, and represented the club in twelve first-class matches, the last of which came against Somerset in August. He took 29 wickets at an average of 29.31 with best bowling figures of 4-62. This was to his only season with the club.

In 1961 Piachaud represented Oxford University in a further seven first-class matches. In all first-class matches for the University he took 149 wickets at an average of 25.25 with best bowling figures of 8-72. He played his last match for the University against Cambridge University in 1961.