Denis Hickey

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Denis Hickey
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches5720
Runs scored36319
Batting average 9.553.16
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score346*
Balls bowled9,889876
Wickets 15627
Bowling average 40.2824.85
5 wickets in innings 61
10 wickets in match10
Best bowling7/815/26
Catches/stumpings 13/–4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 February 2023

Denis Jon Hickey (born 31 December 1964) is a former Australian first class cricketer who played for Victoria [1] and South Australia in the Sheffield Shield. A right arm fast bowler, he spent the 1986 English summer playing with Glamorgan after receiving a cricket scholarship.

The closest he came to playing for Australia was a tour of Zimbabwe in 1991 with Australia A.

Since his cricketing days he has carved out a successful corporate career and was CEO of ING Real Estate in Sydney, then Lendlease's global COO and chief executive of Americas until 2022.

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References

  1. "Hickey 'the quickest'". Canberra Times (Act : 1926 – 1995). 14 November 1987. p. 10.