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Richard Dawson
England
Player profile
Full name Richard Kevin James Dawson
Born August 4, 1980, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Current age 28 years 69 days
Major teams England, British Universities, Devon, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire
Nickname Billy Dog
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Barnsley Grammar School; Exeter University
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
7 |
13 |
3 |
114 |
19* |
11.40 |
363 |
31.40 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| First-class |
96 |
143 |
17 |
2673 |
87 |
21.21 |
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0 |
11 |
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51 |
0 |
| List A |
110 |
68 |
15 |
523 |
41 |
9.86 |
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0 |
0 |
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37 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
24 |
8 |
3 |
71 |
22 |
14.20 |
54 |
131.48 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
7 |
8 |
1116 |
677 |
11 |
4/134 |
4/134 |
61.54 |
3.63 |
101.4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
96 |
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14515 |
8160 |
187 |
6/82 |
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43.63 |
3.37 |
77.6 |
|
5 |
0 |
| List A |
110 |
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4249 |
3449 |
111 |
4/13 |
4/13 |
31.07 |
4.87 |
38.2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
24 |
22 |
461 |
604 |
24 |
3/24 |
3/24 |
25.16 |
7.86 |
19.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
India v England at Mohali, Dec 3-6, 2001 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 2003 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| First-class debut |
2000 |
| Last First-class |
Gloucestershire v Essex at Bristol, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1999 |
| Last List A |
Durham v Gloucestershire at Chester-le-Street, Sep 14, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Derby, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Northamptonshire v Warwickshire at Northampton, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard |
A silk shirt in an empty English cupboard, Richard Dawson helped bowl Yorkshire to their first Championship since 1968, and at just 21 was chosen for England's 2001-02 tours to India and New Zealand. An accurate, attacking bowler with a dainty, high-stepping action reminiscent of Peter Such, Dawson flights the ball well, and extracts plenty of turn, grips the turf and uses his height to conjure some hearty bounce. Easy-going and quick to learn, he took four wickets in his debut innings at Mohali, and stepped into the breach against Australia the following winter, following an injury to Ashley Giles. Although palpably out of his depth, he kept his head above water, and proved his temperament with some brave batting against the likes of Brett Lee. Handy in the outfield as well, he is multi-dimensional enough to make more of a mark than England's last two wet-nursed offspinners, Jason
Brown and Graeme Swann, and in 2004, he was named in England's 30-man pool of players for that season's Champions Trophy. But thereafter he faded from the reckoning and by the end of 2006, unable to command a place in the Yorkshire side, he found himself released on financial grounds - and Northamptonshire quickly snapped him up on a one-year deal for 2007. It was a short-lived stay and his deal wasn't renewed, leaving him out of the professional set-up until Gloucestershire came knocking towards the end of the 2008 season.
Tanya Aldred August 2008
NBC Denis Compton Award 2001
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Richard Dawson portrait
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Jun 8, 2006 |
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Richard Dawson roars an appeal ... in vain
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Jul 1, 2005 |
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Ismail Dawood and Richard Dawson celebrate
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