Steven Dean played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1982 to 2003, which included 161 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 47 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
10 Facts About Steven Dean
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Steven Dean was more successful with the bat for the Minor Counties, 583 runs at an average of 22.42, with a high score 56 which came against Yorkshire in 1997.
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Steven Dean did not feature again for Warwickshire, or for any other first-class county.
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Two years previously, he had played his second and final first-class match, this time for the Marylebone Cricket Club against New Zealand A Opening the batting with Graham Gooch, Dean scored 12 runs before being dismissed by Daryl Tuffey.
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Steven Dean scored 10,163 runs in the Minor Counties Championship at an average of 38.21, making 51 half centuries and 19 centuries, with a high score of 173 not out.
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Steven Dean holds the record for the highest batting average in a season for Staffordshire, averaging 96.42 in a 1992 season in which he scored 675 runs.
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Steven Dean made a combined total of 49 List A appearances, in which he scored 902 runs at an average of 18.79, with a high score of 72, while in the field he took 19 catches.
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Still active in club cricket, Steven Dean plays for Havant Cricket Club, based in Havant, Hampshire.
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Steven Dean appeared in the Wisden Club Cricket Hall of Fame in February 2018.
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Steven Dean's daughter, Charlie, is an all-rounder playing for England, Hampshire, Southern Vipers.