Matt Dixon
Matthew William Dixon (born 12 June 1992) is an Australian cricketer who has played for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers domestically.
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| Full name | Matthew William Dixon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 1992 Subiaco, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2011/12 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2015/16 | Perth Scorchers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16 | Cricket Australia XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Durham (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 10 March 2011 Western Australia v New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 23 October 2010 Western Australia v Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Archived 1 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- Youth One-Day International matches played by Matt Dixon Archived 1 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine – 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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2016.