Neil John Dexter (born 21 August 1984) is a
South Africa
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n-born English
cricket
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er.
Early life
Dexter was born in
Johannesburg
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and attended
Northwood School in
Durban North
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and
Downside School
Downside School is a co-educational Catholic independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for pupils aged 11 to 18. It is located between Bath, Frome, Wells and Bruton, and is attached to Downside Abbey.
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in
Somerset
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in England. He went on to study at the
University of South Africa
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.
Career
He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He made his debut for
Kent
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against
Nottinghamshire
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at Canterbury, hitting an unbeaten 79 in his first innings. He then dismissed
David Hussey
David John Hussey (born 15 July 1977) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batter and can also bowl right-arm off breaks. He is the younger brother of former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey. He was ...
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
The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect large numbers of matches being played on days o ...
he was contracted for 2006 and found particular success in the
Twenty20 Cup
The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...
competition opening the batting with
Darren Stevens.
He was loaned to
Essex County Cricket Club for a month and made his debut against
Middlesex County Cricket Club in the
Twenty20 Cup
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on 12 June 2008. Dexter top scored with 47, as the team went down to a defeat. It was announced on 16 September 2008 that Dexter was to leave Kent at the end of the 2008 season to join
Middlesex
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. He played for Middlesex in the
Stanford Super Series. He captained Middlesex between 2010 and 2013.
On 7 September 2015 it was announced that Dexter had signed a three-year contract with Leicestershire which would run until the end of the 2018 season.
He was released on 27 September 2019. He has signed to play white ball cricket for Suffolk C.C.C. for 2020.
References
External links
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Neil Dexterat ECB
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1984 births
Living people
English cricketers
Essex cricketers
Kent cricketers
Leicestershire cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
Middlesex cricket captains
Cricketers from Johannesburg
English cricketers of the 21st century