James Andrew Dykes (born 15 November 1971) is an Australian cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1997 until 2001.[1][2] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who was born at Hobart, Tasmania in 1971. Dykes was the highest run-scorer in the history of the Clarence District Cricket Club with 9,793 runs.[3]
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Full name | James Andrew Dykes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | 15 November 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996/97–2000/01 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 21 January 1999 Tasmania v New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 14 December 2000 Tasmania v Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 5 January 1997 Tasmania v Pakistanis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 10 December 2000 Tasmania v Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 August 2010 |
Dykes was the General Manager of Cricket Tasmania from 2003 to 2017.[4] He then served as Community Football Manager for AFL Tasmania from 2018 to 2020.[5]
Dykes' father Robbie Dykes was an Australian rules footballer, while his grandfather Jimmy Dykes played soccer for Scotland.[2][6]
References
edit- ^ "Andrew Dykes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Andrew Dykes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Andrew Dykes - when you make a start, go on with it". stump to stump. 7 October 2021.
- ^ Shaw, Rob (25 April 2017). "Andrew Dykes and Damien Wright shown door by Cricket Tasmania". The Examiner. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Andrew Dykes appointed as Community Football Manager". AFL Tasmania. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ Fair, Alex (17 October 2018). "AFL Tasmania's Andrew Dykes keen to embrace Coastal footy passion". The Advocate. Retrieved 19 October 2023.