Dean Robinson (cricketer)
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| Full name | Dean Steven Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 November 1989 Stratford, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12–2015/16 | Central Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dean Steven Robinson (born 12 November 1989) is a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Central Districts from 2011–12 to 2015–16.[1]
Robinson was born in Stratford, Taranaki, and besides playing cricket is a schoolteacher.[2] He started playing cricket for Taranaki in 2007.[2] An opening or number three batsman, he holds the record for the highest score for Taranaki, which is 202.[2] In 2022, while playing in the Chapple Cup, he reached his 100th game, only the fifth Taranaki player to do so.[2] He announced his retirement from representative cricket in March 2025 after Taranaki's successful defence of the Hawke Cup, having become Taranaki's leading run-scorer, with 5,439, and leading century-scorer, with 16.[3]
Robinson's highest score for Central Districts was 130 not out, when Central Districts defeated Canterbury in the 2011–12 Ford Trophy.[4] His highest first-class score was 62, also against Canterbury, in the 2013–14 Plunket Shield season.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dean Robinson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d Johnston, Will (20 February 2022). "Dean Robinson chuffed to reach cricketing milestone". Stuff. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Taranaki locks away the Hawke Cup". Central Districts Cricket. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Canterbury v Central Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Central D vs Canterbury, at Napier, Feb 23 2014". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2025.