South Africa / Players
Full name Alan Charles Dawson
Born November 27, 1969, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 39 years 363 days
Major teams South Africa, Cape Cobras, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 42 | 23.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 19 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 23* | 23.00 | 67 | 102.98 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class | 98 | 127 | 27 | 2196 | 143 | 21.96 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 161 | 85 | 27 | 936 | 52* | 16.13 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 21.00 | 19 | 110.52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 4 | 252 | 117 | 5 | 2/20 | 3/32 | 23.40 | 2.78 | 50.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 19 | 19 | 901 | 715 | 21 | 4/49 | 4/49 | 34.04 | 4.76 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 98 | 18482 | 7756 | 305 | 6/18 | 25.42 | 2.51 | 60.5 | 12 | 2 | |||
| List A | 161 | 7705 | 5213 | 232 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 22.46 | 4.05 | 33.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 20 | 19 | 442 | 516 | 24 | 4/18 | 4/18 | 21.50 | 7.00 | 18.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong (MAA), Apr 24-27, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Test | Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, May 1-4, 2003 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | England v South Africa at Dhaka, Oct 25, 1998 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Sri Lanka v South Africa at Dambulla, Aug 25, 2004 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1992/93 |
| Last First-class | Cape Cobras v Eagles at Stellenbosch, Mar 16-18, 2006 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1993/94 |
| Last List A | Cape Cobras v Warriors at Cape Town, Nov 17, 2006 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Western Province Boland v Dolphins at Cape Town, Apr 7, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Lions v Cape Cobras at Johannesburg, Mar 23, 2007 scorecard |
Alan Dawson is a quickish swing bowler and inventive lower-order batsman who struggled to discard the label of one-day specialist before establishing himself firmly for Western Province in the mid-1990s alongside Craig Matthews and Eric Simons, who is now South Africa's coach. First picked for South Africa in 1998, Dawson has toured the Asian subcontinent seven times in the last six years. Now in the autumn of his career, Dawson remains as sprightly a player a decade younger. He played a crucial role in WP's SuperSport Series title in 1998-99, when he crafted 143 in the final batting at nine, and was the competition's leading wicket-taker in 2002-3. A year later, after his province won the domestic title again, Dawson was named one of South Africa's five cricketers of the year. Away from cricket he is a landscape gardener.
Debashish Biswas October 2004
Education: SACS
- Dawson guides Cobras to final (Mar 16, 2007)
- Dawson and Willoughby power the Cobras (Feb 25, 2007)
- Bacher century leads Cobras to semi-finals (Nov 5, 2006)
- Bodi's hundred gives Titans the advantage (Mar 17, 2006)
- Dawson stars in Cape Cobras' win (Feb 4, 2006)
Nov 2, 2003
WP's Alan Dawson in action against North West
© Peter J Heeger
Sep 19, 2003
Alan Dawson
© Peter J Heeger
Sep 16, 2003
Alan Dawson
© Peter J Heeger
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