{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Travis Dean | image = | country = Australia | fullname = Travis Jeffrey Dean | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|2|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Williamstown, Victoria, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Opening batsman | club1 = Victoria | year1 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2023/24}} | club2 = Melbourne Stars | year2 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2021/22}} | columns = 3
| column1 = FC | matches1 = 72 | runs1 = 3,609 | bat avg1 = 29.82 | 100s/50s1 = 8/16 | top score1 = 154* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 46/–
| column2 = List A | matches2 = 12 | runs2 = 306 | bat avg2 = 30.60 | 100s/50s2 = 1/0 | top score2 = 119 | catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| column3 = T20 | matches3 = 3 | runs3 = 50 | bat avg3 = 16.66 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 32 | catches/stumpings3 = 0/–
| date = 14 February 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/334358.html Cricinfo }} '''Travis Jeffrey Dean''' (born 1 February 1992) is an Australian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Victoria.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/334358.html |title=Travis Dean |accessdate=28 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Dean came to attention playing premier cricket for Footscray-Edgewater, and was one of the competition's top batsmen in the 2014–15 season.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Maribyrnong Leader|publication-place=Maribyrnong, VIC|title=Footscray-Edgewater star Travis Dean turns Premier Cricket run-machine|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/sport/footscrayedgewater-star-travis-dean-turns-premier-cricket-runmachine/news-story/68daf5de8f25012fe817fb47598329fd|date=26 February 2015|author=Luke d'Anello}}</ref> Following these performances, Dean was selected to make his first-class debut for Victoria at age 23 on 28 October 2015, in a day-and-night Sheffield Shield match.<ref name="debut">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/895915.html |title=Sheffield Shield, 2nd Match: Victoria v Queensland at Melbourne, Oct 28-31, 2015 |accessdate=28 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In the match he made two unbeaten centuries opening the batting, with scores of 154 not out and 109 not out,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ask-steven-who-s-the-oldest-bowler-to-take-a-five-for-in-a-test-1300166 |title=Who's the oldest bowler to take a five-for in a Test? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref> making him the first player to score centuries in both innings on debut in the Sheffield Shield competition, and the second Australian player after Arthur Morris to do so on first-class debut.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McKay|first1=Ben|title=Dean leads Vics to historic Shield win|url=http://www.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/dean-leads-vics-to-historic-shield-win-20151031-45gwz.html|accessdate=31 October 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=31 October 2015}}</ref>
In his second first-class match Dean reached 347 first-class runs before being dismissed, beating the world record set by Border's Ray Watson-Smith, who got to 310 career runs in 1969–70 before being dismissed in his third match.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sheffield Shield: Victoria captain Matthew Wade and WA all-rounder Hilton Cartwright on opening day|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=14 November 2015|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/sheffield-shield-victoria-captain-matthew-wade-and-wa-allrounder-hilton-cartwright-on-opening-day/news-story/1f4746ba266332f03a82bbdd465e3639|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref> Dean scored a century in the 2015–16 Shield final,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Sheffield Shield final: Live coverage of South Australia v Victoria|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/sheffield-shield-final-live-coverage-of-south-australia-v-victoria/news-story/8552bd66d1a8b6e0b495ea5a3c6dd483|date=30 March 2016|accessdate=30 March 2016}}</ref> finishing his debut Shield season with 807 runs at 44.83.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/sheffield-shield-2015-16/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html|title= Sheffield Shield, 2015/16 / Records / Most runs|accessdate=30 March 2016|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Dean made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI against the Pakistanis during their tour of Australia on 10 January 2017.<ref name="LA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1076716.html |title=Pakistan tour of Australia, Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v Pakistanis at Brisbane, Jan 10, 2017 |accessdate=10 January 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his Twenty20 debut for Melbourne Stars in the 2018–19 Big Bash League season on 21 December 2018.<ref name="T20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1152513.html |title=3rd Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Dec 21 2018 |accessdate=21 December 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
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