Neil John Dexter (born 21 August 1984) is a South African-born English cricketer.

Neil Dexter
Personal information
Full name
Neil John Dexter
Born (1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 40)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
NicknameDex
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2008Kent (squad no. 21)
2008Essex (loan)
2008–2015Middlesex (squad no. 4)
2016–2019Leicestershire (squad no. 17)
First-class debut16 August 2005 Kent v Bangladesh A
List A debut18 September 2005 Kent v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 162 108 134
Runs scored 8,316 2,070 1,879
Batting average 34.65 29.57 19.77
100s/50s 18/39 2/9 0/3
Top score 180 135* 73
Balls bowled 11,095 2,457 1,499
Wickets 169 48 66
Bowling average 34.39 48.25 28.69
5 wickets in innings 6 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/63 4/22 4/21
Catches/stumpings 98/– 27/– 47/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2019

Early life

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Dexter was born in Johannesburg and attended Northwood School in Durban North and Downside School in Somerset in England. He went on to study at the University of South Africa.[1]

Career

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He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He made his debut for Kent against Nottinghamshire at Canterbury, hitting an unbeaten 79 in his first innings. He then dismissed David Hussey with the first ball in the Notts second innings, although it was declaration bowling to try to force a result, having had no luck in 10 1st innings overs.

Having played two games in the Championship and two games in the totesport League he was contracted for 2006 and found particular success in the Twenty20 Cup competition opening the batting with Darren Stevens. He was loaned to Essex County Cricket Club for a month and made his debut against Middlesex County Cricket Club in the Twenty20 Cup on 12 June 2008. Dexter top scored with 47, as the team went down to a defeat. It was announced on 16 September 2008 that Dexter was to leave Kent at the end of the 2008 season to join Middlesex.[2] He played for Middlesex in the Stanford Super Series.[3] He captained Middlesex between 2010 and 2013.

On 7 September 2015 it was announced that Dexter had signed a three-year contract with Leicestershire which would run until the end of the 2018 season.[4] He was released on 27 September 2019. He has signed to play white ball cricket for Suffolk C.C.C. for 2020.

References

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  1. ^ Neil Dexter at ESPNcricinfo
  2. ^ "Dexter quits Kent for Middlesex". Kent Online. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  3. ^ Lillywhite, Jamie (28 October 2008). "Stanford Super Series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  4. ^ "BBC Sport - Neil Dexter: Leicestershire to sign Middlesex all-rounder". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Middlesex County cricket captain
2010–2013
Succeeded by