Full Name

Sean Robert Dickson

Born

September 02, 1991, Johannesburg, Transvaal

Age

32y 209d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Top order Batter

Education

King Edward VII School, Johannesburg

Sean Dickson fell just 14 runs short of Bill Ashdown's Kent individual record of 332, made against Essex at Brentwood in 1934, when he plundered 318 against Northants at Beckenham in 2017. But Dickson did pass another gigantic Ashdown innings, 305 not out against Derbyshire at Dover in 1935, to register Kent's highest innings in a home match. There was the county's biggest stand to celebrate, too, as Dickson put on 382 with Joe Denly in a Kent innings that topped 700 and created another home record.

Dickson certainly had a habit of going big - albeit occasionally. He struck an unbeaten double century against Derbyshire in May 2016 to encourage Kent's optimism that they had found a middle order batsman to be reckoned with. Three Championship centuries in their 2018 promotion year did nothing to dispel the notion.

Dickson, who has a UK passport as his mother is from Kent, was playing club cricket in the East Anglian Premier League before earning a trial spell at Kent in 2015. By the end of the season, he had forced his way into the Championship side and, although he played only four innings, displayed promise by topping the county averages.

He signed for Durham in 2020, intially on loan, but moved south again ahead of the 2023 summer in order to be closer to his fiancé and his daughter. Somerset offered him a three-year deal in the hope that he could add some ballast to their flimsy batting line-up.
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Sean Dickson Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC9816712518031833.411010151.28142061051740
List A656061662103*30.77193186.0611112340220
T20s433698315330.77635130.86045628260

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC986995421/152/4027.003.2749.5000
List A65112200---10.00-000
T20s4316911/91/99.009.006.0000

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Photos of Sean Dickson

Sean Dickson brought up his fifty during the morning session
Sean Dickson kept Somerset's innings moving in tough conditions
Sean Dickson reaches his hundred
Sean Dickson notched a half-century on the first morning
Sean Dickson drives through the covers during his fourth-day 186
Sean Dickson congratulates David Bedingham on reaching his half-century