Harry Dixon, an 18-year-old who recently signed a
two-year contract with Melbourne Renegades, has been making explosive runs for
the Australia Under-19s and idolises David Warner.
Left-handed opener Dixon, who recently returned from a
wonderful few days in England where he made 167 and 83 in the first Youth Test
at New Road, is well-regarded throughout the Victoria grade system. He recently
hit his first hundred for St Kilda in the penultimate round of last season.
In the first innings, he raced to a century before
stumps on the first day and his second-innings runs came from 52 balls, adding
156 in 17.2 overs with Sam Konstas, as Australia A chased for 191 in 21.2
overs.
“I was on 66, maybe, with about 40 minutes left
in the day, then hit a couple of boundaries in one over and told myself I was
going to get a hundred before the close of play,” he told ESPNcricinfo.
“[In the second innings] we went out there and wanted to have a bit of
freedom. We didn’t plan to have it all come off that way, but we got to drinks
and were both hitting them pretty well. Good to get the boys a rest day, too,
which was nice.”
“I’ve always idolised David Warner,” he
said. “Seeing him grow up as a T20 player and then be able to play all
three formats as well as he has done is hopefully something I want to do in the
future. He has been incredible and done a lot for the country, hopefully, I can
be pretty similar and get into the Aussie team and play all three formats.
“I’d like to think of myself as someone who can
potentially in the future play all three formats. Think I showed that in the
last couple of series against England which is nice.”