Dillon Pennington (born 26 February 1999) is an English cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut for Worcestershire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 7 June 2018.[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in England's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3]

Dillon Pennington
Personal information
Born (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 25)
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018–2023Worcestershire (squad no. 22)
2021Birmingham Phoenix
2024Nottinghamshire (squad no. 18)
First-class debut25 June 2018 Worcs v Nottinghamshire
List A debut7 June 2018 Worcs v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 46 18 57
Runs scored 549 109 63
Batting average 10.35 18.16 9.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 56 35 10*
Balls bowled 7,477 919 980
Wickets 143 31 53
Bowling average 28.76 29.51 27.83
5 wickets in innings 1 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/32 5/67 4/9
Catches/stumpings 12/– 5/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 April 2024

He made his first-class debut for Worcestershire in the 2018 County Championship on 25 June 2018.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Worcestershire in the 2018 t20 Blast on 8 July 2018.[5] In May 2021, in the 2021 County Championship match against Derbyshire, Pennington took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[6] Ahead of the inaugural season of The Hundred, he was signed by the Birmingham Phoenix.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Dillon Pennington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ "North Group (D/N), Royal London One-Day Cup at Birmingham, Jun 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Brook tasked with World Cup mood swing". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ "(D/N)Specsavers County Championship Division One at Nottingham, Jun 25-28 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "North Group, Vitality Blast at Derby, Jul 8 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Worcestershire wrap up points after maiden five-for, nine in the match for Dillon Pennington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. ^ "The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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