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| Born | 27 November 1969 (1969-11-27) (age 55) Cape Town, Cape Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992/93–2004/05 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005/06–2006/07 | Western Province Boland/Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,25 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Charles Dawson (born 27 November 1969) is a South Africancricketer who played twoTest matches and 19One Day Internationals (ODI) forSouth Africa as aseam bowler. Dawson was a member of the South Africa team that won the1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has won till date.
He was born inCape Town,Cape Province. His international career lasted from 1998 to 2004, yielding 21 ODIwickets at abowling average of 34.04 and five Test wickets at 23.39. However, both of his Tests were against bottom-rankedBangladesh.
Dawson's best international performance occurred in the semi-final of theCommonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. South Africa had lost nine wickets when Dawson joinedNicky Boje at thecrease. They put on a partnership to steer South Africa into the final, where they beatAustralia (captained bySteve Waugh)
Dawson's best batting infirst-class cricket occurred in aSupersport Series final when Western Province had lost much of their upper order and Dawson andEric 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 thecoronavirus pandemic.[3]
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| Preceded by | Nelson Cricket Club professional 1997 | Succeeded by |
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Ntini was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 23 April 1999 by Dawson | ||
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