Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Name Richard Dawson Batting style Right-handed Role Cricket Player | Education University of Exeter National side England | |
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Full name Richard Kevin James Dawson Born 4 August 1980 (age 43) ( 1980-08-04 ) Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Test debut 3 December 2001 v India | ||
Bowling style Right-arm off break | ||
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Richard Kevin James Dawson (born 4 August 1980, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England) is an English first-class cricketer, who plays primarily as an off-spinner.
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- Playing Career
- Coaching Career
- References
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Playing Career
Born 4 August 1980, Doncaster, Yorkshire, Dawson attended Batley Grammar School and Exeter University. He 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 against the touring Zimbabweans the following summer. He first appeared for Yorkshire 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. He bowled the ball in which Steve Waugh hit his famous last ball of the day century in the 2002/03.
In the 2006 season, Dawson captained the Yorkshire 2nd XI but at the end of that season he was released from his contract with Yorkshire. He was signed by Northamptonshire to provide cover for their England spinner Monty Panesar.
Dawson was released by Northamptonshire at the end of the 2007 season, and began training as a journalist in September 2007.
Coaching Career
However, in the 2008 English cricket season, he once again returned to English county cricket, this time with Gloucestershire; although not always a feature in their first team, he is their spin coach.
In February 2014 Dawson was appointed as the Second XI coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club to replace the departing Paul Farbrace with his appointment beginning on 1 April 2014.
On 30 January 2015, Dawson was appointed the new head coach of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club following the departure of director of cricket John Bracewell.