| Mathew Dimond | |
| Country: | England |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Club2: | Somerset Cricket Board |
| Year2: | 1999–2002 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 2 June |
| Debutyear1: | 1994 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Hampshire |
| Lastdate1: | 29 May |
| Lastyear1: | 1997 |
| Lastfor1: | Somerset |
| Lastagainst1: | Worcestershire |
| Type2: | LA |
| Debutdate2: | 12 June |
| Debutyear2: | 1994 |
| Debutfor2: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst2: | Yorkshire |
| Lastdate2: | 29 August |
| Lastyear2: | 2002 |
| Lastfor2: | Somerset CB |
| Lastagainst2: | Cornwall |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 71 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.75 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 26 |
| Deliveries1: | 483 |
| Wickets1: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 52.66 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/73 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 9 |
| Runs2: | 35 |
| Bat Avg2: | 11.66 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 13* |
| Deliveries2: | 350 |
| Wickets2: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 46.33 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/41 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/– |
| Date: | 8 January |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3521/3521.html CricketArchive |
Mathew Dimond (born 24 September 1975) is a former English cricketer who made played for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1994 and 1997. Early in his career, he toured the West Indies with the England Under-19 cricket team, playing three Tests and one One Day International at Under-19 level.
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in June 1994. Playing in the County Championship against Hampshire, Dimond claimed a solitary wicket in the match, which was shortened to single innings due to rain.[1] He played two further Championship matches that season, and claimed his best return against Yorkshire, picking up four wickets in the first innings of their contest.[2] He played three List A matches during his debut season, but failed to claim a wicket in any of them.[3] He was selected to tour with the England Under-19 cricket team, travelling to the West Indies during the 1994–95 season, where he played three Under-19 Tests and a single One Day International.[4] [5] His eleven wickets during the Test series, highlighted by a five-wicket haul in the second Test,[6] saw him finish the tour as England's joint second most prolific bowler, level with Andrew Flintoff and trailing only Vikram Solanki.[7]
Dimond made two further first-class appearances for Somerset,[8] claiming just one wicket between the two matches.[9] [10] Dimond played for the Somerset Cricket Board from 1998 until 2002, in both the Minor Counties competition and the early rounds of the NatWest Trophy.