Matt Dixon
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| Full name | Matthew William Dixon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
12 June 1992 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Perth Scorchers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 10 March 2011 WA v New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 23 October 2010 WA v Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 12 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew William "Matt" Dixon (born 12 June 1992) is an Australian cricketer who has played for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers domestically.
From Perth, Dixon played cricket for Western Australia at both under-17 and under-19,[1] and also represented the Australian Under-19 cricket team in five One-Day Internationals in 2009, taking three wickets.[2] A right-arm fast bowler, he made his Futures League debut for the Western Australia Under-23s in February 2010, and subsequently made his List A debut for Western Australia against Victoria in October 2010, taking a wicket with his fifth ball and finishing with 1/39 overall.[3][4] He played two more matches in the 2010–11 Ryobi One-Day Cup before making his first-class debut against New South Wales in March 2011, taking two wickets.[5]
In 2016 Dixon was signed by Essex on a two-year contract to play for them in all formats of the game. As a British passport holder Dixon is not regarded as an overseas player for English domestic cricket purposes.[6] Dixon made his Essex debut against Cambridge MCCU at Fenner's on 31 March 2016.
References
- ↑ Other matches played by Matt Dixon – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ Youth One-Day International matches played by Matt Dixon – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ Dixon makes immediate impact on debut – The West Australian. Written by John Townsend. Published 23 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ Victoria v Western Australia, 23 October 2010, at the MCG – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ First-class matches played by Matt Dixon – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ Hopps, David. "Dixon adds Australian flavour to Essex pace ranks". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2016.