Malcolm Dolman

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Malcolm Dolman
Personal information
Full nameMalcolm Charles Dolman
Born (1960-06-14) 14 June 1960 (age 60)
North Adelaide, South Australia
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm wrist-spin
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1981/82–1982/83 South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches6
Runs scored6
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s0/0
Top score6
Balls bowled1,093
Wickets 14
Bowling average 40.28
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling4/114
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 September 2011

Malcolm Charles Dolman (born 14 June 1960) is an Australian former cricketer.

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Born in North Adelaide, South Australia, Dolman started bowling slow left-arm wrist-spin at primary school and was first noticed as a promising bowler aged 14. [1] He began appearing in representative schoolboy sides and made the Australian Young Cricketers team to England in 1977, playing two unofficial One Day Internationals against England Young Cricketers, [2] and an Australian U/19s tour to Sri Lanka, playing in an unofficial Test match. [3]

Coached by former Test spinner Rex Sellers, [1] Dolman also showed great promise in Adelaide Grade cricket and played colts matches for South Australia, [2] although he was kept from first-class cricket for two years to mature him. [1] This just intensified support for Dolman, who was being called "possibly the most innovative bowler in Australian cricket for a decade" [1] and had former Test player Jack Fingleton calling for his inclusion in the national side before his first-class debut. [4]

After returning from the Interstate Under 23 Cricket Carnival in December 1981, where he was considered one of the leading players, [5] Dolman finally made his first-class debut for South Australia on 8 January 1982 against Queensland at the Adelaide Oval, taking 4/114 (his best bowling figures) and 2/47. [6]

Following his successful first-class debut, Dolman was awarded an Esso Australian Cricket Scholarship for the 1982 English cricket season, [7] where he played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club's Second XI in the Second XI Championship, playing six matches and taking 39 wickets at 14.90, with a best return of 7/38 against Leicestershire Second XI, and scoring 174 runs at 29.00, with a highest score of 82 against Leicestershire. [8] The former Australian Test spinner Ashley Mallett called him the most exciting spin prospect he had ever seen [9] and English cricket writer David Frith was also enthusiastic about Dolman's cricketing future. [9] Nevertheless, Dolman's second season of first-class cricket proved to be his last, consisting of only a single match against the touring English side on 31 October 1982, when he took 2/72. [10]

Dolman coached Adelaide University to an A-grade district premiership [11] before retiring from cricket to concentrate on his career, initially as a teacher before switching to consulting not-for-profit organisations on developing sponsorship and fundraising programs and coordinating high-profile community programs. [11]

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