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Dion Lobb

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Dion Lobb
Personal information
Full name
Dion Victor Lobb
Born (1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 43)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07Otago
Only FC12 March 2007 Otago v Auckland
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2016

Dion Victor Lobb (born 3 December 1980) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played one first-class match for Otago during the 2006–07 season.[1]

Lobb was born at Dunedin in 1980 and played club cricket for Green Island CC in the city.[2] His only senior representative match came in Otago's final Plunket Shield match of the 2006–07 season, a match against Auckland at the University of Otago Oval in Dunedin. He took a single wicket and scored four runs during the match.[3] The following season he played a match for a New Zealand XI against the touring England side ahead of the Test match series.[3]

Lobb retired from cricket at the end of the 2018–19 season, becoming a coach.[4] He had played a record 415 matches for Green Island.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Dion Lobb". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 81. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. ^ a b Dion Lobb, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Bowler turns to coaching". Otago Daily Times. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Record-holding veteran retiring". Otago Daily Times. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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