Full name Mathew Dimond 1999–2002 Somerset Cricket Board Batting style Right-handed Name Mathew Dimond | Role Cricket Player 1994–1997 Somerset | |
Born 24 September 1975 (age 48) ( 1975-09-24 ) Taunton, Somerset, England First-class debut 2 June 1994 Somerset v Hampshire | ||
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Mathew Dimond (born 24 September 1975) is a former English cricketer who made played for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1994 and 1997. Early in his career, he toured the West Indies with the England Under-19 cricket team, playing three Tests and one One Day International at Under-19 level.
Career
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in June 1994. Playing in the County Championship against Hampshire, Dimond claimed a solitary wicket in the match, which was shortened to single innings due to rain. He played two further Championship matches that season, and claimed his best return against Yorkshire, picking up four wickets in the first innings of their contest. He played three List A matches during his debut season, but failed to claim a wicket in any of them. He was selected to tour with the England Under-19 cricket team, travelling to the West Indies during the 1994–95 season, where he played three Under-19 Tests and a single One Day International. His eleven wickets during the Test series, highlighted by a five-wicket haul in the second Test, saw him finish the tour as England's joint second most prolific bowler, level with Andrew Flintoff and trailing only Vikram Solanki.
Dimond made two further first-class appearances for Somerset, claiming just one wicket between the two matches. Dimond played for the Somerset Cricket Board from 1998 until 2002, in both the Minor Counties competition and the early rounds of the NatWest Trophy.