Mathew Dimond
{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Mathew Dimond
| country = England
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|9|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Taunton, Somerset, England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| club1 = Somerset
| year1 = {{nowrap|1994–1997}}
| 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.
Career
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/58/58952.html |title=Somerset v Hampshire in 1994 |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/58/58999.html |title=Yorkshire v Somerset in 1994 |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}} He played three List A matches during his debut season, but failed to claim a wicket in any of them.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3521/a_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=ListA Bowling in Each Season by Mathew Dimond |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3521/Youth_Test_Matches.html |title=Youth Test Matches played by Mathew Dimond (3) |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3521/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html |title=Youth One-Day International Matches played by Mathew Dimond (1) |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}} His eleven wickets during the Test series, highlighted by a five-wicket haul in the second Test,{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/60/60059.html |title=West Indies Under-19s v England Under-19s in 1994/95 |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}} saw him finish the tour as England's joint second most prolific bowler, level with Andrew Flintoff and trailing only Vikram Solanki.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/WI/England_Under-19s_in_West_Indies_1994-95/ut_England_Under-19s_Bowling.html |title=Under-19 Test Bowling for England Under-19s: England Under-19s in West Indies 1994/95 |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}}
Dimond made two further first-class appearances for Somerset,{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3521/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Mathew Dimond (5) |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}} claiming just one wicket between the two matches.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/60/60652.html |title=Derbyshire v Somerset in 1995 |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/64/64053.html |title=Worcestershire v Somerset in 1997 |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=8 January 2011}} 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.