Alan Dawson (cricketer)

Alan Dawson
Personal information
Born27 November 1969 (1969-11-27) (age 54)
Cape Town, Cape Province
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–2004/05Western Province
2005/06–2006/07Western Province Boland/Cape Cobras
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 2 19
Runs scored 10 69
Batting average 10.00 23.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 10 23*
Balls bowled 252 901
Wickets 5 21
Bowling average 23.39 34.04
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/20 4/49
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 January 2006
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Men's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

Alan Charles Dawson (born 27 November 1969) is a South African cricketer who played two Test matches and 19 One Day Internationals (ODI) for South Africa as a seam bowler. Dawson was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has won till date.

He was born in Cape Town, Cape Province. His international career lasted from 1998 to 2004, yielding 21 ODI wickets at a bowling average of 34.04 and five Test wickets at 23.39. However, both of his Tests were against bottom-ranked Bangladesh.

Dawson's best international performance occurred in the semi-final of the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. South Africa had lost nine wickets when Dawson joined Nicky Boje at the crease. They put on a partnership to steer South Africa into the final, where they beat Australia (captained by Steve Waugh)

Dawson's best batting in first-class cricket occurred in a Supersport Series final when Western Province had lost much of their upper order and Dawson and Eric Simons rescued them to post a decent total which they defended.

In February 2020, he was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[1][2] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

  1. ^ "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - South Africa Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.