[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] Dai has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2005.
[3] Born in Port Moresby in 1984,[2] Dai first represented Papua New Guinea at Under-19 level, playing in the East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship in August 2001.
[4] Papua New Guinea won the tournament, beating Hong Kong in the final,[5] which qualified them for the following years Under-19 World Cup, which Dai also played in.
[4] In 2004, he played for a combined East Asia-Pacific team in Australia's National Country Cricket Championship prior to a second Under-19 World Cup.
[4] Papua New Guinea finished third in that tournament and Dai was named man of the match in the third place play-off against the Cayman Islands after scoring 102 not out at a run a ball.