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Richard Dawson

England

Full name Richard Kevin James Dawson

Born August 4, 1980, Doncaster, Yorkshire

Current age 29 years 113 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	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	7	13	3	114	19*	11.40	363	31.40	0	14	0	3
First-class	103	153	17	2927	87	21.52			12			63
List A	119	74	15	594	41	10.06			0			39
Twenty20	33	17	4	140	27*	10.76	116	120.68	0	10	2	11

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	7	8	1116	677	11	4/134	4/134	61.54	3.63	101.4	1	0
First-class	103		15467	8770	199	6/82		44.07	3.40	77.7		5
List A	119		4475	3647	118	4/13	4/13	30.90	4.88	37.9	5	0
Twenty20	33	31	653	828	29	3/24	3/24	28.55	7.60	22.5	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
First-class debut	2000
Last First-class	Gloucestershire v Kent at Bristol, Sep 23-25, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1999
Last List A	Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire at Nottingham, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Derby, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Bristol, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard

Profile

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

Notes

NBC Denis Compton Award 2001