Stephen Anthony Dean is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Dean was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Welwyn Garden City

Welwyn Garden City

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, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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.

Dean made his debut for Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk

Norfolk County Cricket Club

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. Wright played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1983 to 1988, which included 35 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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 matches. He made his List A debut against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1983 NatWest Trophy

1983 NatWest Trophy

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. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Hampshire in the 1986 NatWest Trophy

1986 NatWest Trophy

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 and Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 in the 1987 NatWest Trophy

1987 NatWest Trophy

The 1987 NatWest Trophy was the 7th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1987...

. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 54 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 18.00, with a high score of 42.

External links

• Stephen Dean at ESPNcricinfo
• Stephen Dean at CricketArchive
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