Liam Dawson Career, Records, Biography & More
Liam Andrew Dawson (born 1 March 1990 Liam Dawson Age 32Yrs) is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire and the England cricket team. He's a right-handed hitter who throws a slow left-arm orthodox spin. He made his international debut for England in July 2016 and has since played all three formats of the game for England, the last being in 2018. Dawson was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup but did not play in all of the games during of the tournament.
Liam Dawson Career, Records, Biography & More

Nationality | England |
Role | All Rounder |
Born | 1st Mar, 1990 |
Age | 35 years, 1 month |
Batting Style | Right Hand Bat |
Bowling Style | Left Arm Orthodox |
Overview | TEST | ODI | T20I | T20 | List A | 1st Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 3 | 6 | 11 | 245 | 166 | 190 |
Innings | 6 | 5 | 5 | 178 | 134 | 303 |
Not Out | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 23 | 31 |
Runs | 84 | 63 | 57 | 2457 | 3597 | 9072 |
High Score | 66 | 20 | 34 | 82 | 113 | 171 |
Average | 21.00 | 12.60 | 14.25 | 18.33 | 32.40 | 33.35 |
Strike Rate | 42.63 | 85.13 | 158.33 | 116.83 | 95.15 | 50.24 |
100S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
50S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 49 |
6S | 1 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 62 | 43 |
4S | 7 | 4 | 8 | 177 | 261 | 1090 |
Overview | TEST | ODI | T20I | T20 | List A | 1st Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 3 | 6 | 11 | 245 | 166 | 190 |
Innings | 5 | 5 | 11 | 215 | 147 | 235 |
overs | 87.4 | 44 | 34 | 678.3 | 1091.1 | 3258 |
Runs | 298 | 284 | 242 | 4963 | 5187 | 9504 |
wickets | 7 | 5 | 6 | 191 | 173 | 296 |
bestinning | 2/34 | 2/70 | 3/27 | 5/17 | 7/15 | 7/51 |
bestmatch | 4/101 | 2/70 | 3/27 | 5/17 | 7/15 | 12/130 |
Average | 42.57 | 56.80 | 40.33 | 25.98 | 29.98 | 32.10 |
econ | 3.39 | 6.45 | 7.11 | 7.31 | 4.75 | 2.91 |
Strike Rate | 75.1 | 52.8 | 34.0 | 21.3 | 37.8 | 66.0 |
4W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Early Career
Dawson started playing cricket at the age of 3 and joined Goatacre when he was 7. He then played his youth cricket at Chippenham Cricket Club in Wiltshire, where he was spotted by Hampshire.
After appearing regularly for Hampshire Second XI and Wiltshire in 2006, Dawson was selected for the 2006/07 England Under-19 Tour of Malaysia
During the tour he posted impressive numbers of 6/9 against Malaysia. He was England's leading wicket-taker during England Under-19 Test series with Pakistan in 2007.
Domestic and T20 Franchise Career
Dawson appeared in three List A games for Hampshire towards the end of the 2007 season. He failed to take a wicket but scored a run-a-ball 32 on his debut. He made his first-class debut against Yorkshire on 19 September 2007, despite not batting or bowling.
Dawson scored his first century at Trent Bridge against Nottinghamshire in 2008. In January 2009 he was called up to the England Lions squad to tour New Zealand. Dawson was a member of the winning team at the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy in Hampshire. In 2010, he played just eight championship matches, averaging 29 with the racquet. In 2011, he averaged 36 in the championship. He averaged 35 in List A games as he began to build a reputation as a solid hitter.
In 2012, Dawson's bowling began to gain prominence when he took 26 wickets for Hampshire in the County Championship, averaging 32. However, his batting performance declined as he averaged less than 30 on the season. He also became a key part of Hampshire's bowling lineup in the T20, winning nine wickets.
In 2013, Dawson hit over 1,000 first-class runs for the first time in his career, despite being less effective with the ball and winning just eleven championship wickets. However, his bowling in One Day Cricket became more effective as he won 12 List A wickets, the most in his career. He continued his impressive performances with the ball in T20 cricket, taking another 13 wickets. After falling out of favor at Hampshire, Dawson joined Essex on loan in 2014. Dawson performed well on loan and when he returned to Hampshire he reclaimed his place in the side. In 2015 he took 29 wickets in the Championship and 12 in List A cricket while his bowling continued to improve.
Liam Dawson BPL In October 2018, Dawson was drafted into the Comilla Victorians squad for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. Liam Dawson The Hundred 2022 In April 2022 he was bought by London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred.
International Career
In 2016, Dawson received his first call-up to an international senior squad when he was selected for England's squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, despite not playing a game for the team.
On 5 July 2016, Dawson made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for England against Sri Lanka.
On 4 September 2016, Dawson made his One Day International (ODI) debut for England against Pakistan. He scored ten runs and took numbers from 2-70.
In November 2016, Dawson was called up to the England Test squad for the final two games of the series against India. He made his Test debut on December 16, 2016 against India in the fifth Test of the series. He had an unbeaten 66 in his first innings while England had 477. Murali Vijay was his first Test wicket after catching it lbw when he finished with numbers of 2-129.
Dawson played India in the second T20I, scoring numbers 0-20 after bowling opened.
On 6 July 2017, Dawson was called up to the England squad for the South Africa Test Series and was selected as the side's second spinner. He took four wickets and scored a pair of two-ball ducks.
On 21 May 2019, England finalized their squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, with Dawson included in the 15-man squad. He was one of two players, along with Tom Curran, who did not play when England won the tournament.
On 27 July 2020, Dawson was called up to England's squad for the ODI series against Ireland.
In September 2021, Liam Dawson Cricketer was named as one of three traveling reserves in England's squad for the 2021 ICC T20 Men's World Cup, although he did not play in the tournament. He was recalled to the full T20I squad for the England tour of the West Indies in 2022.