Dion Lobb Explained

Dion Lobb
Country:New Zealand
Fullname:Dion Victor Lobb
Birth Date:3 December 1980
Birth Place:Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Club1:Otago
Year1:2006/07
Type1:FC
Onetype1:true
Debutdate1:12 March
Debutyear1:2007
Debutfor1:Otago
Debutagainst1:Auckland
Date:15 May
Year:2016
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/284909.html ESPNcricinfo

Dion Victor Lobb (born 3 December 1980) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played one first-class match for Otago during the 2006–07 season.[1]

Lobb was born at Dunedin in 1980 and played club cricket for Green Island CC in the city.[2] His only senior representative match came in Otago's final Plunket Shield match of the 2006–07 season, a match against Auckland at the University of Otago Oval in Dunedin. He took a single wicket and scored four runs during the match.[3] The following season he played a match for a New Zealand XI against the touring England side ahead of the Test match series.[3]

Lobb retired from cricket at the end of the 2018–19 season, becoming a coach.[4] He had played a record 415 matches for Green Island.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dion Lobb . 15 May 2016 . ESPNCricinfo.
  2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 81. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/168/168674/168674.html Dion Lobb
  4. Web site: Bowler turns to coaching . Otago Daily Times . 23 September 2020 . 15 February 2021.
  5. Web site: Record-holding veteran retiring . Otago Daily Times . 13 April 2019 . 15 February 2021.