Victoria young gun Harry Dixon will trust his short-ball approach despite dismissals

Victoria opener Harry Dixon knows the short ball is a double-edged sword – his strength and, at times, his downfall.

Exciting Victoria batter Harry Dixon isn’t willing to abort his attacking approach to the short ball despite it being a recent mode of dismissal.

Dixon, who will open the batting in the one-day final at Adelaide Oval this weekend, burst onto the state scene earlier this month with a debut Sheffield Shield half-century.

The foundation of that innings was Dixon’s trio of sixes at Bellerive Oval against the short ball.

Dixon played the short ball strongly again on Sunday to help the Vics to the final, striking 57 off 37 against NSW, but was eventually dismissed taking another one on.

Dixon, 20, knows the risks of taking the short ball on but will continue to back its proven rewards.

“Obviously, I have been getting out a few times pulling, but I’ve been scoring a lot of runs with it as well,” he said.

“If I can find a way to mitigate that and not get out, I think I might score a few more runs which would be nice.

“We’ll have to wait and see, but if it’s a pretty nice wicket and there’s a short boundary, you might see me take a few on.

“I haven’t played at Adelaide Oval, but I have heard nice things about the wicket, so it hopefully should be a nice contest between bat and ball.”

Harry Dixon won’t stop taking the short ball on. Picture: Matt King/Getty Images

The Vics surged into the final courtesy of its eight-wicket win against NSW.

Campbell Kellaway struck an unbeaten century and Peter Handscomb hit 91 as Victoria motored down the Blues’ 310 with 12 overs to spare.

Dixon says Victoria is taking a stack of momentum into the final after Sunday’s win and are “in good stead” to lift the newly named Dean Jones Cup.

“We obviously lost the last two games which is really disappointing, but I think we’ve got a lot of momentum from that win on Sunday,” he said.

“The morale of the group is high, we’ve got a great bunch of boys, we’ve got Scotty (Boland) coming back who is one of the best bowlers in Australia obviously.

“Sutho (Will Sutherland), Pete (Handscomb), Kellas (Campbell Kellaway) made a big hundred on the weekend.

“I think we’re in great stead to lift some silverware.”

Originally published as Victoria young gun Harry Dixon will trust his short-ball approach despite dismissals