Paul Dixey
Encyclopedia
Paul Garrod Dixey is an English
cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper
.
He made his first-class debut for Kent
in August 2005 against Bangladesh A
, scoring 40 runs and taking three catches. His only other first-class appearance to date was against Cambridge UCCE, where he failed to score in his only innings.
He has one England Under-19 Test cap and three ODI caps, all gained during 2006.
In a match against Lancashire
for Durham University, Dixey scored his maiden first-class century
. Against a bowling attack that featured Sajid Mahmood
(who has played for England), Kyle Hogg
, Oliver Newby
, and Tom Smith
, Dixey scored 103 runs from 209 balls – beating his previous highest first-class score of 31 – before being dismissed by Mark Chilton
.
He signed a summer contract with Leicestershire for the 2011 season as deputy to Tom New
under the guidance of former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
.
He made his first-class debut for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
in August 2005 against Bangladesh A
Bangladeshi cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...
, scoring 40 runs and taking three catches. His only other first-class appearance to date was against Cambridge UCCE, where he failed to score in his only innings.
He has one England Under-19 Test cap and three ODI caps, all gained during 2006.
In a match against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
for Durham University, Dixey scored his maiden first-class century
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
. Against a bowling attack that featured Sajid Mahmood
Sajid Mahmood
Sajid "Saj" Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani descent...
(who has played for England), Kyle Hogg
Kyle Hogg
Kyle William Hogg is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has played for Lancashire since 2001. Between 2000/01 and 2002 Hogg represented the England under-19s in six youth Tests and 11 One Day Internationals...
, Oliver Newby
Oliver Newby
Oliver James Newby is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire. Newby is a right-arm fast-medium bowler with the ability to extract bounce from a cricket surface.-Career:...
, and Tom Smith
Tom Smith (cricketer)
Thomas Christopher Smith, , is a cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He has also been a member of the England Academy team. In 2008, he played for Leicestershire on loan because he was unable to break into Lancashire's first team. He is an all-rounder, bowling...
, Dixey scored 103 runs from 209 balls – beating his previous highest first-class score of 31 – before being dismissed by Mark Chilton
Mark Chilton
Mark James Chilton is an English cricketer. Chilton was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Durham University where he won the British Universities tournament in 1997. The same year he made his debut for Lancashire, aged 20...
.
He signed a summer contract with Leicestershire for the 2011 season as deputy to Tom New
Tom New
Tom New is an English cricket player. He is current plays for Leicestershire but has spent the latter part of the 2008 season on loan to Derbyshire...
under the guidance of former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon
Paul Nixon
Paul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman...
.
External links
- Paul Dixey at Cricinfo