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Full name | Harry Thomas Dixon [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 13 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023/24 | Melbourne Renegades | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024/25 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,1 April 2025 |
Harry Thomas Dixon (born 16 February 2005) is an Australian cricketer for the Victorian cricket team and the Melbourne Renegades. He is a left-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler.
Dixon began playing cricket aged seven years-old. He played for Malvern,before moving to Toorak Prahran. He started playing for Victoria U15s in 2018,when he was 13-year-old. [2] He attended Melbourne Grammar School. [3]
Dixon plays club cricket in Victoria for St Kilda Cricket Club. [4] He scored his first century in Victorian Premier Cricket in February 2023. [5] Playing for St Kilda in December 2024,he struck 34 runs in a single over in a Premier Cricket game. [6]
Dixon played cricket for the Melbourne Stars academy side. [7] However,in September 2023 he was signed by cross-town rivals Melbourne Renegades for the Big Bash League on a two-year professional contract. [8] He made his Big Bash debut for Melbourne Renegades against Melbourne Stars on 12 January 2025. [9]
He scored a half century for Victoria on his first-class debut in the Sheffield Shield on 8 February 2025 against Tasmania,top-scoring in the first innings with a score of 66. [10] [11] Dixon also made his debut for Victoria's one-day team for whom he scored 57 from 37 balls in his second match. He was upgraded to a full state contract in May 2025. [12]
Playing for Australia U19 in 2023,Dixon scored 167 in a youth test match against England U19,and 148 in a youth one-day match against England U19. [13] His innings of 148 came from 125 balls and included nine sixes. [14] In December 2023,he was selected in Australia's squad for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. [2] Australia won the tournament,and he was selected for ESPNcricinfo's Team of the Tournament with an average of 44.14 and a strike rate of 81. [15]
A left-handed opening batsman with the capacity to be destructive at the top of the order,Dixon has said that he idolises Australian batsman David Warner. [16]