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John Dyson (born 11 June 1954, Kogarah, New South Wales
Kogarah, New South Wales

Kogarah is a suburb of Southern Sydney Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George, New South Wales area....
) is a former international cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
er (batsman) who is now a cricket coach, currently in charge of the West Indies.

He played 30 Test matches and 29 ODIs for Australia from 1977 to 1984. He did not enjoy as much success at the international level as he did at the first class level. In first-class matches, he scored nearly 10,000 runs at an average of 40.

He is probably best remembered for his "catch of the century" at the SCG, when he caught Sylvester Clarke
Sylvester Clarke

Sylvester Theophilus Clarke was a West Indian cricket team cricketer who played 11 Test cricket and 10 One Day Internationals.Born in Christ Church Parish, Barbados, Clarke attended St Bartholomew's boys' school and trained as a carpenter....
 in the outfield, over his head, at a 45 degree angle to the ground, running backwards.

Dyson participated in two "rebel tours" of South Africa in 1985-86 and 1986-87, scoring over 1,000 runs.

He played soccer as a goalkeeper in the Sutherland Shire (Cronulla RSL) and was a member of the side that won the Dallimore Competition and runners-up in the NSW Amateur Cup final.

On 21 October 2007 he was named as coach of the West Indies having previously coached Sri Lanka from 2003 to 2005 .








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John Dyson (born 11 June 1954, Kogarah, New South Wales
Kogarah, New South Wales

Kogarah is a suburb of Southern Sydney Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George, New South Wales area....
) is a former international cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
er (batsman) who is now a cricket coach, currently in charge of the West Indies.

He played 30 Test matches and 29 ODIs for Australia from 1977 to 1984. He did not enjoy as much success at the international level as he did at the first class level. In first-class matches, he scored nearly 10,000 runs at an average of 40.

He is probably best remembered for his "catch of the century" at the SCG, when he caught Sylvester Clarke
Sylvester Clarke

Sylvester Theophilus Clarke was a West Indian cricket team cricketer who played 11 Test cricket and 10 One Day Internationals.Born in Christ Church Parish, Barbados, Clarke attended St Bartholomew's boys' school and trained as a carpenter....
 in the outfield, over his head, at a 45 degree angle to the ground, running backwards.

Dyson participated in two "rebel tours" of South Africa in 1985-86 and 1986-87, scoring over 1,000 runs.

He played soccer as a goalkeeper in the Sutherland Shire (Cronulla RSL) and was a member of the side that won the Dallimore Competition and runners-up in the NSW Amateur Cup final.

On 21 October 2007 he was named as coach of the West Indies having previously coached Sri Lanka from 2003 to 2005 .