Full name Dominic Mark Bess Role Spin bowler | Bowling style Right-arm off break Batting style Right-handed | |
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Born 22 July 1997 (age 19) ( 1997-07-22 ) Exeter, Devon, England 2016–present Somerset (squad no. 22) First-class debut 3 July 2016 Somerset v Pakistanis Only Twenty20 29 July 2016 Somerset v Hampshire | ||
Dominic 'Dom' Mark Bess (born 22 July 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club.
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Domestic career
On 3 July 2016 Bess made his first-class debut for Somerset during Pakistan's tour of England. He failed to take a wicket (ending with match figures of 0-128) and scored a combined 25 runs. He made his T20 debut for Somerset in a their final game of the 2016 season against Hampshire on 29 July 2016 in which he took bowling figures of 1-31 and scored a solitary run.
Championship debut
Approaching the tail end of the 2016 County Championship, Bess was included in the team for the game against Warwickshire. He took career best figures of 6-28 from 16 overs with his first two championship wickets being Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell. He finished with match figures of 8-59 off 27 overs. Bess also featured heavily in Somerset's last game of the season against the already relegated Nottinghamshire as he took his second career five wicket haul with 1st innings figures of 5-43 from 22.5 overs including a spell of 5 consecutive maidens. Bess also scored 41 runs in Somerset's first innings and finished the match with bowling figures of 5-77 from 32.5 overs.
At the end of the 2016 season, Bess signed his first professional contract with Somerset agreeing a two-year deal; keeping him at the club until the end of the 2018 season.