Matt Dixon

{{short description|Australian cricketer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Matt Dixon

| image =

| country = Australia

| fullname = Matthew William Dixon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|6|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Subiaco, Western Australia

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Western Australia

| year1 = {{nowrap|2010/11–2011/12}}

| club2 = Perth Scorchers

| year2 = {{nowrap|2014/15–2015/16}}

| club3 = Cricket Australia XI

| year3 = {{nowrap|2015/16}}

| club4 = Essex

| year4 = {{nowrap|2016–2017}}

| club5 = → Durham (on loan)

| year5 = 2018

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 10 March

| debutyear1 = 2011

| debutfor1 = Western Australia

| debutagainst1 = New South Wales

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 23 October

| debutyear2 = 2010

| debutfor2 = Western Australia

| debutagainst2 = Victoria

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 76

| bat avg1 = 8.44

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 22

| deliveries1 = 1,758

| wickets1 = 29

| bowl avg1 = 42.48

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/124

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 16

| runs2 = 18

| bat avg2 = 4.50

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 12

| deliveries2 = 754

| wickets2 = 16

| bowl avg2 = 47.87

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/40

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 9

| runs3 = 2

| bat avg3 = 0.66

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 1

| deliveries3 = 174

| wickets3 = 10

| bowl avg3 = 25.90

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 3/32

| catches/stumpings3 = 0/–

| date = 30 May

| year = 2020

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/255/255736/255736.html CricketArchive

}}

Matthew William Dixon (born 12 June 1992) is an Australian cricketer who has played for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers domestically.

From Perth, Dixon played cricket for Western Australia at both under-17 and under-19,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/255/255736/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Matt Dixon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101100344/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/255/255736/Other_matches.html |date=1 January 2015 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011. and also represented the Australian Under-19 cricket team in five One-Day Internationals in 2009, taking three wickets.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/255/255736/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html Youth One-Day International matches played by Matt Dixon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101100303/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/255/255736/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html |date=1 January 2015 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011. A right-arm fast bowler, he made his Futures League debut for the Western Australia Under-23s in February 2010, and subsequently made his List A debut for Western Australia against Victoria in October 2010, taking a wicket with his fifth ball and finishing with 1/39 overall.[http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/cricket/8186247/dixon-makes-immediate-impact-on-debut/ Dixon makes immediate impact on debut] – The West Australian. Written by John Townsend. Published 23 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2011.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/302/302081.html Victoria v Western Australia], 23 October 2010, at the MCG – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011. He played two more matches in the 2010–11 Ryobi One-Day Cup before making his first-class debut against New South Wales in March 2011, taking two wickets.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/255/255736/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Matt Dixon] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2011.

In 2016 Dixon was signed by Essex on a two-year contract to play for them in all formats of the game. As a British passport holder Dixon is not regarded as an overseas player for English domestic cricket purposes.{{cite web|last1=Hopps|first1=David|title=Dixon adds Australian flavour to Essex pace ranks|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/981249.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2 April 2016}} Dixon made his Essex debut against Cambridge MCCU at Fenner's on 31 March 2016.