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.
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| Born | 24 September 1975 Taunton, Somerset, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Career
editA 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.
References
edit- ^ "Somerset v Hampshire in 1994". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Yorkshire v Somerset in 1994". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "ListA Bowling in Each Season by Mathew Dimond". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Youth Test Matches played by Mathew Dimond (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Mathew Dimond (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "West Indies Under-19s v England Under-19s in 1994/95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Under-19 Test Bowling for England Under-19s: England Under-19s in West Indies 1994/95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mathew Dimond (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Derbyshire v Somerset in 1995". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Worcestershire v Somerset in 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2011.