# Travis Dean

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{{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](/source/Williamstown%2C_Victoria), Australia
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm medium
|                role = [Opening batsman](/source/Batting_order_(cricket))
|               club1 = [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team)
|               year1 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2023/24}}
|               club2 = [Melbourne Stars](/source/Melbourne_Stars)
|               year2 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2021/22}}
|             columns = 3

|             column1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 72
|               runs1 = 3,609
|            bat avg1 = 29.82
|           100s/50s1 = 8/16
|          top score1 = 154[*](/source/not_out)
|      hidedeliveries = true
|  catches/stumpings1 = 46/–

|             column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            matches2 = 12
|               runs2 = 306
|            bat avg2 = 30.60
|           100s/50s2 = 1/0
|          top score2 = 119
|  catches/stumpings2 = 4/–

|             column3 = [T20](/source/Twenty20)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er who has played [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team).<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](/source/Victorian_Premier_Cricket) for [Footscray-Edgewater](/source/Footscray-Edgewater_Cricket_Club), 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](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team) at age 23 on 28 October 2015, in a day-and-night [Sheffield Shield](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Sheffield_Shield_season) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Border_cricket_team) [Ray Watson-Smith](/source/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](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for [Cricket Australia XI](/source/Cricket_Australia_XI) against the [Pakistanis](/source/Pakistan_national_cricket_team) during their [tour of Australia](/source/Pakistani_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2016%E2%80%9317) 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](/source/Twenty20) debut for [Melbourne Stars](/source/Melbourne_Stars) in the [2018–19 Big Bash League season](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_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>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=334358}}

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Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian cricketers
Category:Melbourne Stars cricketers
Category:Victoria cricketers
Category:People from Williamstown, Victoria
Category:Cricketers from Victoria (state)
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen

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