Harry Dixon (cricketer)

Harry Dixon
Dixon playing First Class cricket with Victoria in October 2025
Personal information
Full name
Harry Thomas Dixon
Born (2005-02-13) 13 February 2005
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2024/25–2025/26Melbourne Renegades
2024/25–presentVictoria
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 9 11 4
Runs scored 327 143 26
Batting average 18.16 15.88 8.66
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/0
Top score 76 57 13
Balls bowled 36 72 –
Wickets 1 1 –
Bowling average 25.00 61.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 0 –
Best bowling 1/16 1/14 –
Catches/stumpings 7/– 4/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 February 2026

Harry Thomas Dixon (born 16 February 2005) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Victorian cricket team and the Melbourne Renegades. He is a left-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler. Dixon represented Australia in their victory in the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he was the team's leading run-scorer.

Early life and career

Dixon began playing cricket aged seven years-old. He played for Malvern, before moving to Toorak Prahran. He started playing for Victoria under-15s in 2018, when he was 13-year-old.[1] He attended Melbourne Grammar School.[2] He began playing in Victorian Premier Cricket for St Kilda Cricket Club in 2017, and made his first XI debut in the 2021–22 season at 16 years of age.[3] He scored his first century at first-grade level in February 2023.[4]

Dixon began playing for the Australian under-19 team in 2023. Playing against England, he scored 148 in a youth one-day match in February 2023, then in August 2023 scored 167 in a youth Test match, also against England.[4][5][6][7]

In December 2023, Dixon was selected in Australia's squad for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[1] Australia won the tournament, and he was selected for ESPNcricinfo's Team of the Tournament with an average of 44.14 and a strike rate of 81.[8]

Playing for St Kilda in December 2024, Dixon struck 34 runs in a single over in a Premier Cricket game.[9]

Professional cricket career

After playing for the Melbourne Stars academy side in a tournament in Darwin in 2023, Dixon was signed by cross-town rivals the Melbourne Renegades on a two-year professional contract.[4][5][10] He also trained with the Victorian cricket team in the lead-up to the 2023–24 season, but did not acquire a rookie contract with the team until May 2024.[5][11]

After not playing for the Melbourne Renegades or Victoria at all in the 2023–24 season, Dixon made his Big Bash League debut for the Renegades against the Melbourne Stars on 12 January 2025.[12] He then made his first-class debut for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield on 8 February 2025 against Tasmania, top-scoring in the first innings with a score of 66.[13][14] Dixon also made his debut for Victoria's one-day team for whom he scored 57 from 37 balls in his second match.[15] Dixon scored another half-century in his third Sheffield Shield match, with 76 runs opening the batting for Victoria, impressing Victorian coach and former Australian Test cricketer Chris Rogers.[16] Dixon was upgraded to a full contract with Victoria in May 2025.[15]

Style of play

A left-handed opening batsman with the capacity to be destructive at the top of the order, Dixon has said that he idolises Australian batsman David Warner.[17] His aggressive batting style has been compared by Chris Rogers to that of Warner and Travis Head.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Burns, Connor (12 October 2023). "It's all coming together': Victorian gun Harry Dixon on achieving his dream". The Inner Sanctum. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ "School cricket: Runs keep coming for Josh Walker and Will Townsend in the APS". Herald Sun. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Saints prodigy's Under 19 Ashes call-up". Code Sports. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Bourke, Ed (13 September 2023). "BBL: Renegades sign Australian Under 19 star Harry Dixon". The Australian. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b c McGlashan, Andrew (13 September 2023). "Harry Dixon lands BBL deal, hopes to emulate David Warner". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  6. ^ "AUS Under-19 vs England U19, 1st Youth ODI at Brisbane, ENG-U19 in AUS, Feb 13 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  7. ^ "England U19 vs AUS Under-19, 1st Youth Test at Worcester, ENG-U19 v AUS-U19, Sep 08 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  8. ^ "ESPNcricinfo's Team of the Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  9. ^ Paynter, Jack (10 December 2024). "BBL14 preview: Aggressive Renegades seek to entertain". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. ^ Savage, Nic (13 September 2023). "Victorian prodigy Harry Dixon signs for Melbourne Renegades after blistering century against England Under-19s". Fox Sports. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  11. ^ Malcolm, Alex (3 May 2024). "Decision on Pucovski's future delayed after extended concussion symptoms". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Finals or bust for Derby clash as Gades set to unveil shock debutant". Foxsports. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Debutant Dixon fires for Victoria against Tasmania". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Debutant Dixon fires for Vics against Tasmania". Cricket.com.au. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  15. ^ a b Paynter, Jack; Cameron, Louis (6 May 2025). "Vics' young guns elevated after impressing in debut seasons". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  16. ^ a b Malcolm, Alex (11 March 2025). "Dixon, Kellaway show glimpses of breaking Victoria's Test batting drought". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  17. ^ "Australia youngster Harry Dixon looking to match his idol David Warner at international level". Animews.in. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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