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Born | Taunton, Somerset, England | 24 September 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1994–1997 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Somerset Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 2 June 1994 Somerset v Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 29 May 1997 Somerset v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 12 June 1994 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 29 August 2002 Somerset CB v Cornwall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,8 January 2011 |
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.
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. [1] 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. [2] He played three List A matches during his debut season,but failed to claim a wicket in any of them. [3] 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. [4] [5] His eleven wickets during the Test series,highlighted by a five-wicket haul in the second Test, [6] saw him finish the tour as England's joint second most prolific bowler,level with Andrew Flintoff and trailing only Vikram Solanki. [7]
Dimond made two further first-class appearances for Somerset, [8] claiming just one wicket between the two matches. [9] [10] 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.
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