Sean Dickson (cricketer)

Sean Dickson
Personal information
Full name Sean Robert Dickson
Born (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013/14–2014/15 Northerns
2015–present Kent (squad no. 58)
FC debut 14 November 2013 Northerns v Border
LA debut 17 November 2013 Northerns v Border
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 37 20 4
Runs scored 2,200 532 114
Batting average 40.74 28.00 28.50
100s/50s 4/11 0/4 0/1
Top score 318 99 53
Balls bowled 72 – 6
Wickets 2 – 1
Bowling average 22.00 – 9.00
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/15 – 1/9
Catches/stumpings 15/– 7/– 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 August 2017

Sean Robert Dickson (born 2 September 1991) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm medium bowler. Dickson was born in Johannesburg and made his first-class cricket debut in South Africa before signing for Kent in July 2015. Dickson has a British mother and holds a UK passport and so does not count as an overseas player in the Kent squad.[1][2]

Dickson is one of only two men to have made a triple-century for Kent. He scored Kent's second highest overall individual total in July 2017, making a score of 318 runs.

Cricket career

Dickson played cricket for Pretoria University before being called into the Northerns team in November 2013, making his first-class cricket debut against Border.[3][4] He scored his maiden first-class century for Northerns in a CSA Provincial match against North West at Potchefstroom in March 2014, before being dismissed for 173.[5] Dickson played a total of nine first-class matches for Northerns in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons, as well as representing the club in List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket in CSA Provincial competitions.[3][4]

At the beginning of the 2015 English cricket season Dickson moved to England, playing in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League for Woolpit in Suffolk.[6] He played in a trial match for Kent in May, having previously had a trial with Somerset in 2010 while playing club cricket for Clevedon Cricket Club.[1][3][7] Seven centuries in Second XI matches for Kent in 2015 saw Dickson sign a contract with the county in July.[1][2][8] He made his senior debut against Warwickshire in the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup in August 2015, before making his County Championship debut later in the same month against Derbyshire.[4][9] He was awarded the 2nd XI National Player of the Year Award for 2015.[7][10]

Dickson started the 2016 season opening the batting for Kent but became the 60th batsman in first-class cricket history to be dismissed handled the ball in the county's first Championship innings of the year against Leicestershire at Grace Road.[11][12][13][14][15] He scored his second century – a maiden double century – for Kent in the 2016 County Championship against Derbyshire at Derby in May 2016, where he finished on 207 not out in their first innings.[15][16][17]

Dickson signed a long-term contract extension with Kent in August 2016, having won a consistent place in the County Championship side for the county during the season.[18] He played rarely in limited overs matches for the county during 2016, although he did score 99 in his only 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup appearance, his new highest List A score.[19] He was named as the Kent Supporters Club most promising uncapped player of the season in January 2017.[20]

In July 2017 Dickson made a score of 318 for Kent against Northants at Beckenham in the County Championship. The innings was Kent's second highest individual score in first-class cricket and the third triple-century scored for the county. Dickson batted for over eight hours and faced 408 balls. Batting with Joe Denly, he contributed to Kent's highest partnership for any wicket, putting on 382 runs for the 2nd wicket during the match.[21][22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Harvey R (2015) Kent sign batsman Sean Dickson after his impressive season playing for the 2nd XI, Kent Online, 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. 1 2 Sean Dickson: Kent sign batsman after Second XI trial, BBC Sport, 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  3. 1 2 3 Teams Sean Dickson played for, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  4. 1 2 3 First-class matches played by Sean Dickson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  5. ↑ North West v Northerns, 27–29 March 2016, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  6. ↑ Underdogs confident of maintaining challenge, Bury Free Press, 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  7. 1 2 Hoad A (2015) Kent Cricket batsman Sean Dickson hoping to continue going from strength to strength, Kent Online, 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  8. ↑ Hoad A (2015) Kent Cricket's South African batsman Sean Dickson targets first team place before end of season after impressive form in the 2nd XI, Kent Online, 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  9. ↑ Reid J (ed) (2016) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, Kent County Cricket Club, pp.25–26.
  10. ↑ Reid J (ed) (2016) op. cit., pp.162–163.
  11. ↑ Bell-Drummond handles Foxes after Dickson handles ball, CricInfo, 2016-04-24. retrieved 2016-06-15.
  12. ↑ County batsman out in rare fashion, Cricket.co.au, 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  13. ↑ Kent batsman Sean Dickson given out for handling ball, BBC Sport, 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  14. ↑ Hoad A (2015) Sean Dickson takes handling the ball dismissal at Leicester on the chin after becoming first Kent batsman since 1872 dismissed in that way, Kent Online, 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  15. 1 2 Hoad A (2016) Kent Cricket batsman Sean Dickson hopes lifetime best 207 not out in win at Derbyshire will get people talking about his batting, Kent Online, 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  16. ↑ County Championship: Sean Dickson scores maiden double century for Kent, BBC Sport, 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  17. ↑ Dickson double and late drama changes game, CricInfo, 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  18. ↑ Kent batsman Sean Dickson extends contract at Canterbury, BBC Sport, 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  19. ↑ Stirling and Morgan ease Middlesex to victory, CricInfo, 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  20. ↑ Sean Dickson wins Supporters Club award, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  21. ↑ Dickson's 318 tops day of Kent records, CricInfo, 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  22. ↑ Kent v Northamptonshire: Sean Dickson scores post-war record 318 for hosts, BBC Sport, 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
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