Dominic Bess
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| Full name | Dominic Mark Bess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 July 1997 Exeter, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Spin bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–present | Somerset (squad no. 22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 3 July 2016 Somerset v Pakistanis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only Twenty20 | 29 July 2016 Somerset v Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 22 September 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominic 'Dom' Mark Bess (born 22 July 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club.[1]
Domestic career
On 3 July 2016 Bess made his first-class debut for Somerset during Pakistan's tour of England. He failed to take a wicket (ending with match figures of 0-128) and scored a combined 25 runs.[2] He made his T20 debut for Somerset in a their final game of the 2016 season against Hampshire on 29 July 2016 in which he took bowling figures of 1-31 and scored a solitary run.[3]
Championship debut
Approaching the tail end of the 2016 County Championship, Bess was included in the team for the game against Warwickshire. He took career best figures of 6-28 from 16 overs with his first two championship wickets being Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell. He finished with match figures of 8-59 off 27 overs.[4] Bess also featured heavily in Somerset's last game of the season against the already relegated Nottinghamshire as he took his second career five wicket haul with 1st innings figures of 5-43 from 22.5 overs including a spell of 5 consecutive maidens. Bess also scored 41 runs in Somerset's first innings and finished the match with bowling figures of 5-77 from 32.5 overs.[5][6]
At the end of the 2016 season, Bess signed his first professional contract with Somerset agreeing a two-year deal; keeping him at the club until the end of the 2018 season.[7]
References
- ↑ "Dominic Bess". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ "Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, Tour Match: Somerset v Pakistanis at Taunton, Jul 3-5, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ "South Group: Hampshire v Somerset at Southampton, 29 July 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Dom Bess Stars as Taunton Wickets Tumble". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Dom Bess boosts Somerset title hopes". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Somerset V Nottinghamshire Scorecard". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "New Deals For Somerset 'Spin Twins'". Somerset County Cricket Club. Retrieved 27 September 2016.