Sean Dickson is thrilled a frustrating month on the sidelines is behind him after the return of Championship cricket – though he insists he is more than just a red-ball player.

The 24-year-old South African top-scored for Kent with 75 in their rain-hit draw at Glamorgan this week and claimed the gritty knock – which began with the visitors on 56-3 chasing 351 – was the type he lives for – and coach Jimmy Adams knows it.

Dickson said: “It is good to be back. I haven’t batted since the game at Derbyshire (on May 22) when I got the double-hundred.

“It’s been an interesting time. I have tried to stay positive. It’s not like I’ve been dropped.

“It’s been a struggle but I’ve done my best to support the boys in one-day competition and tried to get into the middle for the twos where I can.”

He added: “It was an ideal situation for me. Nobody hopes to be 70 for three or four but I told Jimmy this before, I told him I live for moments like that.

“It puts pressure on me as a player and I thrive under that – the kind of pressure to get your team out of a hole. I love it. I get out there and get stuck in.”

Dickson went for 75 after trying to guide Tim van der Gugten over the slips and Dickson admitted: “I shouldn’t have played that shot, but it could have done anything, gone away for a four with a bit more on it.

“Obviously I want to score hundreds, and big hundreds. When I got to 60 I thought I needed to strike out and get to that 100 but then one lack of concentration, I guess you can call it...”

Dickson also heaped praise on ‘gutsy’ team-mate Adam Rouse who ‘stuck it out’ in the middle with a broken and dislocated little finger.

He said: “It says a lot about him, he wanted to bat on as much as he could and get as many bonus points as we could. He was phenomenal. It shows the type of character he is –he put the team first.”

Rouse was a late call-up behind the stumps as Sam Billings suffered a bruised thumb in training and Dickson added: “Sam has established himself as an England player and has an international coming up whereas Rousey is coming through the ranks.

“What ended up happening was probably the best outcome for the team.”

Dickson is likely to be in the stands again on Friday night when Middlesex and Brendan McCullum visit in the NatWest T20 Blast South Group (7pm).

He however added: “I think I am more than just a red-ball player. I think I have shown I can play white ball cricket in the 2nds – I had a nice 65 at Beckenham just last week – I am just waiting for a chance.

“It’s not that I’ve been given a chance and not played well and failed. The white-ball team out there is probably the best team they can pick on paper.

“I will get my chance and when I do I have to take it.”