Full Name

Alan Charles Dawson

Born

November 27, 1969, Cape Town, Cape Province

Age

53y 113d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Alan Dawson was a quickish swing bowler and inventive lower-order batsman who struggled to discard the label of one-day specialist before establishing himself firmly for Western Province in the mid-1990s alongside Craig Matthews and Eric Simons, who is now South Africa's coach. First picked for South Africa in 1998, Dawson toured the Asian subcontinent seven times in the six years. He played a crucial role in WP's SuperSport Series title in 1998-99, when he crafted 143 in the final batting at nine, and was the competition's leading wicket-taker in 2002-3. A year later, after his province won the domestic title again, Dawson was named one of South Africa's five cricketers of the year. Since retiring he has concentrated on his second career as a landscape gardener.
Debashish Biswas October 2005

Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test210101010.004223.80001000
ODI19746923*23.0067102.98009120
FC9812727219614321.96--113--470
List A161852793652*16.13--01--350
T20205421721.0019110.52002020
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test2425211752/203/3223.402.7850.4000
ODI1919901715214/494/4934.044.7642.9100
FC98-1848277563056/18-25.422.5160.5-122
List A161-770552132325/135/1322.464.0533.2540
T202019442516244/184/1821.507.0018.4100
Alan Charles Dawson
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Photos
WP's Alan Dawson in action against North West
Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson walks past Herschelle Gibbs in training
Man of the Series Alan Dawson
WP's Alan Dawson in action against Griquas in the Standard Bank Cup Final