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Full name Richard Kevin James Dawson
Born August 4, 1980, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Current age 28 years 35 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

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

114

19*

11.40

363

31.40

First-class

138

2595

21.44

List A

109

511

9.82

Twenty20

14.20

131.48

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

1116

677

4/134

61.54

3.63

101.4

First-class

14173

7923

186

6/82

42.59

3.35

76.1

List A

109

4241

3439

111

4/13

30.98

4.86

38.2

Twenty20

461

604

3/24

25.16

7.86

19.2

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

Middlesex v Gloucestershire at Lord's, Sep 3-6, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1999

Last List A

Worcestershire v Gloucestershire at Worcester, Aug 30, 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

Apr 30, 2007

Richard Dawson portrait © Getty Images

Jun 8, 2006

Richard Dawson roars an appeal ... in vain © Martin Williamson

Jul 1, 2005

Ismail Dawood and Richard Dawson celebrate © Getty Images

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