Full name Jonathon Robert Dean 2013–Present Adelaide Strikers Nickname Jono Name Jono Dean | Batting style Right-hand bat Role Cricket Player Height 1.82 m | |
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Born 23 June 1984 (age 39) ( 1984-06-23 ) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 2008–2013 Australian Capital Territory Profiles | ||
Bowling style Right-arm off-break | ||
The rise of Jono Dean
Jono Dean (born 23 June 1984 in Bathurst, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman.
Contents
- The rise of Jono Dean
- St George Cricket Club Queanbeyan District Cricket Club and Weston Creek Molonglo Cricket Club
- ACT Comets
- Adelaide Strikers
- PMs XI
- References
St George Cricket Club, Queanbeyan District Cricket Club and Weston Creek Molonglo Cricket Club
After leaving Bathurst, Dean played for the St George Cricket Club in Sydney before playing for Queanbeyan District Cricket Club in the ACT Cricket Competition and has been a prolific run scorer scoring over 5000 runs in grade cricket. On 2 Feb 2013 Dean scored an unbeaten 300 runs in a single day for Queanbeyan against Ginninderra in a Douglas Cup Match. The innings included 17 sixes and 21 fours and was the second highest individual innings in ACT first-grade cricket history. On 2 November 2013 Jono Dean scored 234 and his brother Blake Dean 69 in a total of 6-437 declared against Weston Creek Molonglo. In the 2014 off season, Jono made the move to Weston Creek Molongo Cricket Club where he enjoyed a successful season for the club as one of the highest run scorers (1180 runs across all formats) in the first grade competition. Jono has been named captain for the 2015-16 season for Weston Creek. In October 2015, Jono became the first ACT cricket player to reach 1000 career runs in Cricket ACT's Twenty20 competition.
ACT Comets
Dean is captain of the Canberra Comets, with whom he began his professional cricketing career.
Adelaide Strikers
Dean was signed for the Adelaide Strikers for the 2013-2014 Season.
PM's XI
Dean was selected in the Prime Minister's XI game against the West Indies first at Manuka Oval in January 2013. Opening, he scored 51 runs off 38 balls.