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Full name | James Andrew Dykes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | 15 November 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996/97–2000/01 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 21 January 1999 Tasmania v New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 14 December 2000 Tasmania v Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 5 January 1997 Tasmania v Pakistanis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 10 December 2000 Tasmania v Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,17 August 2010 |
James Andrew Dykes (born 15 November 1971) is an Australian cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1997 until 2001. [1] [2] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who was born at Hobart,Tasmania in 1971. Dykes was the highest run-scorer in the history of the Clarence District Cricket Club with 9,793 runs. [3]
Dykes was the General Manager of Cricket Tasmania from 2003 to 2017. [4] He then served as Community Football Manager for AFL Tasmania from 2018 to 2020. [5]
Dykes' father Robbie Dykes was an Australian rules footballer,while his grandfather Jimmy Dykes played soccer for Scotland. [2] [6]
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