Richard Dawson (cricketer)

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Richard Dawson England (ENG)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm offbreak
	Tests	First-class
Matches	7	80
Runs scored	114	2369
Batting average	11.40	22.56
100s/50s	-/-	-/10
Top score	19*	87
Balls bowled	1116	12535
Wickets	11	173
Bowling average	61.54	40.14
5 wickets in innings	-	5
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	4/134	6/82
Catches/stumpings	3/-	44/-
Test debut: 3 December 2001 Last Test: 2 January 2003 Source: [1]

Richard Kevin James Dawson (born 4 August 1980 in Doncaster, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer, who plays primarily as an off-spinner.

Dawson played for the England Under-19 side against New Zealand in 1998/99 and Australia in 1999, and made his first-class debut for British Universities (he was an undergraduate at Exeter University) against the touring Zimbabweans the following summer. He first appeared for Yorkshire, for whom he has spent his entire county cricket career, in 2001.

He made his Test match debut against India in 2001/02, and filled in for the injured Ashley Giles during the following winter's Ashes series. However, since then he has found himself out of the England set up. Dawson is most famous for being the bowler whom Steve Waugh hit for four off the final ball of the day's play to complete a famous century.

In the 2006 season Richard Dawson found himself captaining Yorkshire 2nd XI and at the end of that current season he was released from his contract with Yorkshire. He was signed by Northants after his release from Yorkshire to provide cover for their England spinner Monty Panesar who is likely to miss large chunks of domestic cricket after his success with the national team.