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Full name John Dyson
Born June 11, 1954, Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 54 years 43 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.
