Sean Dickson (cricketer)

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Sean Dickson
Personal information
Full name Sean Robert Dickson
Born (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2015 Northerns
2015–present Kent (squad no. 58)
FC debut 14 November 2013 Northerns v Border
LA debut 17 November 2013 Northerns v Border
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 27 6 4
Runs scored 1,293 151 114
Batting average 35.91 30.20 28.50
100s/50s 2/7 0/1 0/1
Top score 207* 99 53
Balls bowled 72 – 6
Wickets 2 – 1
Bowling average 22.00 – 9.00
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/15 – 1/9
Catches/stumpings 12/– 3/– 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 26 September 2016

Sean Robert Dickson (born 2 September 1991) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm medium bowler. Dickson was born in Johannesburg and made his first-class cricket debut in South Africa before signing for Kent in July 2015. Dickson has a British mother and holds a UK passport and so does not count as an overseas player in the Kent squad.[1][2]

Cricket career

Dickson played cricket for Pretoria University before being called into the Northerns team in November 2013, making his first-class cricket debut against Border.[3][4] He scored his maiden first-class century for Northerns in a CSA Provincial match against North West at Potchefstroom in March 2014, before being dismissed for 173.[5] Dickson played a total of nine first-class matches for Northerns in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons, as well as representing the club in List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket in CSA Provincial competitions.[3][4]

At the beginning of the 2015 English cricket season Dickson moved to England, playing in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League for Woolpit in Suffolk.[6] He played in a trial match for Kent in May, having previously had a trial with Somerset in 2010 while playing club cricket for Clevedon Cricket Club.[1][3][7] Seven centuries in Second XI matches for Kent in 2015 saw Dickson sign a contract with the county in July.[1][2][8] He made his senior debut against Warwickshire in the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup in August 2015, before making his County Championship debut later in the same month against Derbyshire.[4][9] He was awarded the 2nd XI National Player of the Year Award for 2015.[7][10]

Dickson started the 2016 season opening the batting for Kent but became the 60th batsman in first-class cricket history to be dismissed handled the ball in the county's first Championship innings of the year against Leicestershire at Grace Road.[11][12][13][14][15] He scored his second century – a maiden double century – for Kent in the 2016 County Championship against Derbyshire at Derby in May 2016, where he finished on 207 not out in their first innings.[15][16][17]

Dickson signed a long-term contract extension with Kent in August 2016, having won a consistent place in the County Championship side for the county during the season.[18] He played rarely in limited overs matches for the county during 2016, although he did score 99 in his only 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup appearance, his new highest List A score.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Harvey R (2015) Kent sign batsman Sean Dickson after his impressive season playing for the 2nd XI, Kent Online, 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. 1 2 Sean Dickson: Kent sign batsman after Second XI trial, BBC Sport, 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  3. 1 2 3 Teams Sean Dickson played for, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  4. 1 2 3 First-class matches played by Sean Dickson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  5. ↑ North West v Northerns, 27–29 March 2016, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  6. ↑ Underdogs confident of maintaining challenge, Bury Free Press, 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  7. 1 2 Hoad A (2015) Kent Cricket batsman Sean Dickson hoping to continue going from strength to strength, Kent Online, 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  8. ↑ Hoad A (2015) Kent Cricket's South African batsman Sean Dickson targets first team place before end of season after impressive form in the 2nd XI, Kent Online, 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  9. ↑ Reid J (ed) (2016) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, Kent County Cricket Club, pp.25–26.
  10. ↑ Reid J (ed) (2016) op. cit., pp.162–163.
  11. ↑ Bell-Drummond handles Foxes after Dickson handles ball, CricInfo, 2016-04-24. retrieved 2016-06-15.
  12. ↑ County batsman out in rare fashion, Cricket.co.au, 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  13. ↑ Kent batsman Sean Dickson given out for handling ball, BBC Sport, 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  14. ↑ Hoad A (2015) Sean Dickson takes handling the ball dismissal at Leicester on the chin after becoming first Kent batsman since 1872 dismissed in that way, Kent Online, 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  15. 1 2 Hoad A (2016) Kent Cricket batsman Sean Dickson hopes lifetime best 207 not out in win at Derbyshire will get people talking about his batting, Kent Online, 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  16. ↑ County Championship: Sean Dickson scores maiden double century for Kent, BBC Sport, 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  17. ↑ Dickson double and late drama changes game, CricInfo, 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  18. ↑ Kent batsman Sean Dickson extends contract at Canterbury, BBC Sport, 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  19. ↑ Stirling and Morgan ease Middlesex to victory, CricInfo, 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
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