Hannon-Dalby was a graduate of the Yorkshire Cricket Academy. He made his first-class debut against Surrey on 21 May 2008, where his first wicket was that of prolific runscorer Mark Ramprakash.
He gained his first five wicket haul of 5 for 68 against Warwickshire in the first match of the 2010 County Championship season. He followed this up in the second match with another haul, coincidentally also 5 for 68, against Somerset at Headingley.
Daniel Bell-Drummond, as has been so often the case in recent years, led from the front, but it wasn’t enough and, with Oliver Hannon-Dalby nagging away for six wickets to send him top of the ...
Great team effort ... 👏 ... Bowled out for 156 first time round, Kent mustered little more at their second attempt even against the Kookaburra ball on an easing pitch as Oliver Hannon-Dalby took six for 43, finishing with nine for 74 in the match ... .
... and became the senior pro, his team’s remaining resources Michael Booth and Tazeem Chaudry Ali (12 appearances between them) and a man who had not scored a run for two months, Oliver Hannon-Dalby.
What an innings 🫡 pic.twitter.com/1Euc813CvY ... #ESSvWAR ... Earlier, Nick Browne’s 75 and 69 from CharlieAllison had helped Essex reach 324 for seven despite Oliver Hannon-Dalby’s return of three for 69 after they had been put in ... .
After Michael Burgess had hit 147 from No 8 (not really fair that, is it?) and Oliver Hannon-Dalby had taken six for 56, Alex Davies declared, setting Craig Overton’s men 410 for the win on the last day.
Tom Abell fell for 61 and Craig Overton finished unbeaten on 35, while Oliver Hannon-Dalby added two victims to his second day efforts and ended with six for 56 from 18.2 overs ... Hannon-Dalby then ...
There were four fewer deliveries but a lot more action at Lord’s, where Oliver Hannon-Dalby’s five-wicket haul restricted struggling Middlesex to a paltry 121 before Warwickshire closed on 72 for four. Pinpoint Tom Lawes yorker 🎯 ... .
Ball one. Rhodes blocks Northamptonshire’s escape route. Northamptonshire needed the win ... But the Bears only needed one good innings and, in the somewhat unlikely company of Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Michael Burgess provided it ... Leaning into the follow-on ... .
To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here to do so ...Oliver Hannon-Dalby claimed three for 29 as rock-bottom Northamptonshire slipped to 24 for two but Gay and Nair helped them recover to 200 for five ... .
And in a competition lacking out and out pace, veteran Oliver Hannon-Dalby was comfortably the most prolific of the bowlers, taking 24 wickets in just eight appearances, striking every 17 deliveries for semi-finalists Warwickshire.
Ball one. Ackermann back and on winning side ...Oliver Hannon-Dalby and Ed Barnard were the main destroyers, sharing the first five batters between them, Matthew Waite’s 44 the only reason the home side posted three figures ... sure thing Shaw goes big ... .
Ball one ... Read more ... Kent put up a decent fight for 100 overs, but Chris Rushworth and Oliver Hannon-Dalby have the nous required to make scoreboard pressure count and they added six more wickets to the six they bagged first time round ... Photograph ... .