Joseph Henry Dawes (born 29 August 1970) is an Australian

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coach and former player. He played for the

Queensland Bulls The Queensland cricket team or the Queensland Bulls is the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments: *Sheffield Shield: four-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926–27 sea ...

in Australian domestic cricket as a right-arm fast bowler. He spent much of his early career in and out of the side due to the success of

Michael Kasprowicz Michael Scott Kasprowicz (born 10 February 1972) is a former Australian international cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He represented Queensland and played in the English county scene at first cla ...

Andy Bichel Andrew John Bichel (born 27 August 1970) is a former Australian cricketer, who played 19 Test matches and 67 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1997 and 2004. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler, but was also a hard-hitting lower-o ...

and

Adam Dale Adam Craig Dale (born 30 December 1968) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches and 30 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2000. He played in first-class and List A cricket for Queensland Bulls and in club cricket f ...

. In 2001–02 he enjoyed his first full season when Kasprowicz got injured and Bichel returned to the Test side. He cemented his spot in the side and was a regular until a career ending knee injury in 2005. He finished as Queensland's eighth-highest wicket-taker of all time with 238 victims at 24.94 from his 64 matches. His best season with the Bulls came in 2001–02 with 49 wickets, topping the Pura Cup wicket tally. 43 and 46 wickets came in his next few seasons as he helped Queensland to claim back-to-back titles. He has also played cricket at

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and for the

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influenc ...

. In February 2012 he was appointed as the bowling coach of the

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. He replaced

Eric Simons Eric Owen Simons (born 9 March 1962) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played 23 One Day Internationals for South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the s ...

. In March 2018, Dawes was appointed the head coach of the

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. He vacated the role in March 2021.

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* 1970 births Living people Australian cricketers Queensland cricketers Middlesex cricketers Cricketers from Brisbane Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Coaches of the Papua New Guinea national cricket team Australian expatriates in Papua New Guinea {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub