Blake Dean (cricketer)

Blake Dean
Personal information
Full name Blake S Dean
Born 15 September 1987
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname Blake
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm leg-break
Role Batsman Bowling (cricket)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2014 Australian Capital Territory
2013 Sydney Thunder
Source: Cricinfo, 21 December 2013

Blake Dean (born 15 September 1987 in Bathurst, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm leg spin bowler captain/coach of the Queanbeyan District Cricket Club, playing for the ACT Comets in the Futures League and Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League.[1]

Domestic and Club Career

Blake Dean played for the University of New South Wales in Sydney (2008/09, 2009/10), then Canberra clubs Queanbeyan District Cricket Club (2010/11, 2011/12) and Tuggeranong Valley (2012/13). In 2013-2014 Blake Dean was captain coach of the Queanbeyan District Cricket Club in the ACT Cricket Competition.[2]

In 2010-11 he scored 102 for UNSW vs. Parramatta, then took 32 wickets at 17.63 for Queanbeyan District Cricket Club. In 2011-12 for Queanbeyan District Cricket Club he hit 828 runs at 31.85 and took 35 wickets at 21.14 as his side won the Two-Day, One-Day, T20 and SCG Cup. In the Two-Day Grand Final, coming in at 87-5 he scored 130 off 191 balls. In 2012/13, playing for Tuggeranong Valley he hit 677 runs at 33.85 (including a 163) and took 30 wickets at 17.67.[3] In the 2013-14 season, end of December 2013 he had scored 100 against Weston Creek Molonglo, three other 1st grade half centuries and a half century in the SCG Cup, as well as having taken 23 wickets at an average of 18.22.[4][5]

ACT Comets

Blake Dean plays for the Canberra Comets. In 2011-12 he took 7 wickets and hit a 31-ball 50 against New South Wales Under-23s. In 2012-13 he took 8 wickets at 18.25 for the Comets, including 4-40 against Victoria.[6]

Sydney Thunder

Dean was signed for the Sydney Thunder for the 2013-2014 Season. He played his first game for them on 21 December 2013 against the Sydney Sixers, taking one wicket from two overs.[7][8]

Coaching career

Dean is an accredited level two coach.[9] In 2009 he coached at Hambledon and 2010 at Carlton in the UK.[10] In 2014 he will coach at Bangor CC in Wales. [11]

Other

Blake Dean's brother Jono also plays for the Queanbeyan District Cricket Club 1st grade side in the ACT grade cricket competition and also plays for the ACT Comets.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Lee Gaskin Dean Keen to Shine. 13 Dec 2013 SMH. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/blake-dean-keen-to-shine-with-sydney-thunder-in-big-bash-league-20131212-2zacv.html (accessed 22 Dec 2013)
  2. ↑ Andrew Johnston Queanbeyan Age 12 Oct 2013 http://www.queanbeyanage.com.au/story/1836979/deans-back-on-board/ (accessed 22 Dec 2013)
  3. ↑ CricX.Com Blake Dean http://www.cricx.com/index.php?option=com_jsjobs&c=jsjobs&view=employer&layout=view_job&vj=5&oi=1473&Itemid=3 (accessed 22 Dec. 2013)
  4. ↑ Player career batting http://www.sydneygrade.nsw.cricket.com.au/showrvcontent.aspx?redirect=1&playerid=691232&eid=4517&=loc1/playercareerbatting.asp&loc=/cricket/reports/playercareerbatting.asp&loc1/playercareerbatting.asp
  5. ↑ Player career bowling http://www.sydneygrade.nsw.cricket.com.au/showrvcontent.aspx?redirect=1&playerID=691232&eid=4517&=loc1/playerCareerBowling.asp&loc=/cricket/reports/playercareerbowling.asp&loc1/playercareerbowling.asp
  6. ↑ CricX.Com Blake Dean http://www.cricx.com/index.php?option=com_jsjobs&c=jsjobs&view=employer&layout=view_job&vj=5&oi=1473&Itemid=3 (accessed 22 Dec 2013)
  7. ↑ David Sygall Big Bash League. Thunder Woes Continue. 21 Dec. 2013 http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/big-bash-league-thunder-woes-continue-as-sixers-prevail-20131221-2zsd3.html (accessed 22 Dec 2013)
  8. ↑ ESPN Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/500182.html
  9. ↑ Monarch Cricket Academy http://monarchcricket.wix.com/monarch-cricket#!about/c20r9
  10. ↑ Duncan Hamilton. The Last English Summer (2012) pp174-176 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KHNlxQucGfwC&pg=PT73&lpg=PT73&dq=blake+dean+cricket&source=bl&ots=e781ncT-uB&sig=Owjmp113b3H_ukZ4hY0oFNqvMCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YSe4UtPYJ-mViQeXwID4CQ&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCjgK#v=onepage&q=blake%20dean%20cricket&f=false (accessed 22 Dec 2013)
  11. ↑ CricX.Com Blake Dean http://www.cricx.com/index.php?option=com_jsjobs&c=jsjobs&view=employer&layout=view_job&vj=5&oi=1473&Itemid=3 (accessed 22 Dec 2013)
  12. ↑ Anya Whitelaw. Western Advocate 2012. Dean Brothers Help Queanbeyan Win Prestigious Cuphttp://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/923744/dean-brothers-help-queanbeyan-claim-prestigious-cup/ (accessed 22 Dec 2013)