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John Dyson

Australia

Player profile

Full name John Dyson
Born June 11, 1954, Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 54 years 28 days
Major teams Australia, New South Wales
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Other Coach
Education University of New South Wales, Sydney

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	30	58	7	1359	127*	26.64	4097	33.17	2	5	123	3	10	0
ODIs	29	27	4	755	79	32.82	1553	48.61	0	4	55	2	12	0
First-class	156	278	31	9935	241	40.22			19	53			99	0
List A	77	74	7	2654	126*	39.61			4	15			23	1

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	156		109	66	2	1/0		33.00	3.63	54.5		0	0
List A	77		7	9	1	1/7	1/7	9.00	7.71	7.0	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Australia v India at Perth, Dec 16-21, 1977 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 7-11, 1984 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Australia at Birmingham, Aug 22, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Jan 31, 1983 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1975/76 - 1988/89
List A span	1977/78 - 1989/90

Profile

John Dyson, a correct and hard-working opener, had a couple of good seasons for Australia at a time when the West Indian fast bowlers ruined the careers of a succession of top-order batsman. He toured England in 1981, and made a superb century at Headingley before Ian Botham's heroics. Dyson was also prolific for NSW. A former soccer player, he entered cricket folklore with an outfield catch at the SCG one day that would have made any goalkeeper proud. After retiring as a player he moved into coaching, taking charge of Sri Lanka in 2003. His appointment came as a surprise, given that he had little coaching experience at higher levels. However, the players warmed to his style, and in 2004 the team arrested a downward slide. His stint lasted nearly two years, before Tom Moody took over. In 2007, Dyson was interested in the India and Bangladesh vacancies, and he eventually edged out his fellow Australian Dav Whatmore for the post of West Indies coach.

Greg Baum and Cricinfo Staff (October 2007)

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