Andrew Dykes (cricketer)

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]

Andrew Dykes
Personal information
Full name
James Andrew Dykes
Born (1971-11-15) 15 November 1971
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–2000/01Tasmania
FC debut21 January 1999 Tasmania v New South Wales
Last FC14 December 2000 Tasmania v Victoria
LA debut5 January 1997 Tasmania v Pakistanis
Last LA10 December 2000 Tasmania v Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 18 17
Runs scored 811 93
Batting average 27.96 18.60
100s/50s 2/1 0/0
Top score 153 20*
Balls bowled 584 499
Wickets 2 12
Bowling average 172.50 33.83
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/23 2/27
Catches/stumpings 10/ 1/
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

  1. "Andrew Dykes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Andrew Dykes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. "Andrew Dykes - when you make a start, go on with it". stump to stump. 7 October 2021.
  4. Shaw, Rob (25 April 2017). "Andrew Dykes and Damien Wright shown door by Cricket Tasmania". The Examiner. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. "Andrew Dykes appointed as Community Football Manager". AFL Tasmania. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. Fair, Alex (17 October 2018). "AFL Tasmania's Andrew Dykes keen to embrace Coastal footy passion". The Advocate. Retrieved 19 October 2023.


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