.jpg) Sibley playing for Warwickshire in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Dominic Peter Sibley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (age 30) Epsom,Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3[1] in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armleg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 694) | 21 November 2019 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 12 August 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Surrey(squad no. 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | →Warwickshire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Warwickshire(squad no. 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Surrey(squad no. 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Khulna Tigers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Peter Sibley (born 5 September 1995) is an English professionalcricketer who has played internationally for theEngland Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he representsSurrey[2] having previously played forWarwickshire.[3]
Sibley made hisTest debut in 2019.[4] He plays as a right-handedopening batsman.[5]
He is a right-handedbatsman who bowls right-armleg break. He made hisList A debut forSurrey againstEssex on 2 August 2013, though he had to retire due to injury.[6]
In just his thirdfirst-class cricket match, while still a student atWhitgift School, he scored a double century againstYorkshire aged 18 years and 21 days. In doing so he became the youngest double-centurion in the history of theCounty Championship, the second-youngest Englishman to score a first-class double hundred and the thirteenth youngest double-centurion of any nationality.[7] On the final day of the four-day match, Sibley was out (bowled byRyan Sidebottom) for 242.[8]
In August 2017, Sibley turned down an offer of a new three-year contract with Surrey to joinWarwickshire ahead of the 2018 season.[9] On 3 August 2017, Sibley moved on loan to Warwickshire for the remainder of the 2017 season withRikki Clarke moving in the other direction.[10]
In September 2019, he was named in England'sTest squad for their seriesagainst New Zealand.[11] He made his Test debut for England, againstNew Zealand, on 21 November 2019.[12] Early in his Test career it was recognised that Sibley, nicknamed “the Fridge”, had emerged from county cricket not fit enough for the rigours of the five day game, which he was addressing.[13] On 6 January 2020, Sibley scored his first century in Test cricket, in the second matchagainst South Africa.[14] This was the first hundred by an England opener atNewlands sinceJack Hobbs in 1910.[15]
On 29 May 2020, Sibley was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following theCOVID-19 pandemic.[16][17] On 17 June 2020, Sibley was included in England's 30-man squad to start trainingbehind closed doors for theTest seriesagainst the West Indies.[18][19] On 4 July 2020, Sibley was named in England's thirteen-man squad for the first Test match of the series[20][21] going on to play in all three matches in the series and scoring his second international century in the second Test. He was dropped from the England team in 2021 after a run of bad form.[citation needed]
During Surrey's County Championship game against Kent, Sibley made an unbeaten 140 off 415 balls in 578 minutes in Surrey’s successful run chase of 501, it was one of the slowest centuries in Championship history.[citation needed]
On 30 June 2025, Sibley made his maiden first-class triple century, scoring 305 againstDurham atThe Oval as Surrey amassed 820 for 9 declared, which at the time was their highest team total in the format.[22][23]
He signed with Khulna Tigers in 2025 to play in the Bangladesh Premier League.[24]