He started his cricketing career playing for the Western Australian Under-17 and Under-19 sides during the late 1990s, before he travelled around Europe for two and half years.

He suffered a terrible accident while snowboarding in Austria: after knocking himself out, Dorey was trying to navigate back to his base when he was cut off by a German whose skis sliced open his right knee.

[2] Until his knee injury, Dorey had been planning to attempt to break into professional football on his return to Australia, having previously played for South Fremantle.

A string of injuries led to his call-up to the Western Australia state side during the 2004–05 season,[2] and he made his debut in the ING Cup against Victoria in November.

"[9] Dorey claimed his first international wicket on debut against South Africa, having Shaun Pollock caught off his bowling to return 1/51.