Neil Dexter

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Neil Dexter
England
Personal information
Full name Neil John Dexter
Born 21 August 1984 (1984-08-21) (age 23)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Role Batting all-rounder
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006 – present Kent (squad no. 21)
First-class debut 16 August 2005: Kent v Bangladesh A
List A debut 18 September 2005: Kent v Sussex
Career statistics
FC LA T20
Matches 21 25 15
Runs scored 993 480 212
Batting average 45.13 26.66 21.20
100s/50s 2/6 1/1 0/0
Top score 131* 135* 36
Balls bowled 804 444 102
Wickets 9 14 4
Bowling average 57.11 27.57 45.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/40 3/17 3/27
Catches/stumpings 14/– 3/– 10/–

As of 28 May 2008
Source: Cricinfo

Neil John Dexter (born August 21, 1984) is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Born in Johannesburg, Dexter holds a British passport. He was called up by Kent and made his debut against Nottinghamshire at Canterbury, hitting an unbeaten 79 in his first innings. He then dismissed David Hussey with the first ball in the Notts second innings, although it was declaration bowling to try to force a result, having had no luck in 10 1st innings overs.

Having played two games in the Championship and two games in the totesport League he is now contracted for 2006 and has found particular success in the Twenty20 Cup competition opening the batting with Darren Stevens.

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