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Full name | Alicia Zureen Dean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Suva, Fiji | 9 December 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut(cap 15) | 9 July 2019 v Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 13 July 2019 v Vanuatu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2004/05–2013/14 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 April 2021 |
Alicia Zureen Dean (born 9 December 1987) is a Fijian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and left-handed batter. She plays for Fiji and previously played for South Australia in Australian domestic cricket between 2005 and 2014. [1] Dean's family migrated to Australia following the 1987 Fijian coups d'état, when she was one year old, before returning in 2010 to play for the national cricket team. [2] She made her international debut on 2 February 2010. [3] She captained the side at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Samoa, scoring 122 runs and taking seven wickets as the team finished fourth without winning a match. [4] [5] [6] [7]
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