Dean Robinson (cricketer)

{{short description|New Zealander cricketer (born 1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2015}}

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| fullname = Dean Steven Robinson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|11|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stratford, New Zealand

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Batsman

| club1 = Central Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|2011/12–2015/16}}

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| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 15

| runs1 = 435

| bat avg1 = 19.77

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 62

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| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 9

| runs2 = 290

| bat avg2 = 41.42

| 100s/50s2 = 1/1

| top score2 = 130*

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| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 1

| runs3 = 3

| bat avg3 = 3.00

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| top score3 = 3

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| date = 27 March

| year = 2025

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/dean-robinson-355270 Cricinfo

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/355270.html |title=Dean Robinson |access-date=29 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Robinson was born in Stratford, Taranaki, and besides playing cricket is a schoolteacher.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Will |date=20 February 2022|title=Dean Robinson chuffed to reach cricketing milestone |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/300522593/dean-robinson-chuffed-to-reach-cricketing-milestone |access-date=8 July 2023|website=Stuff |language=en}} He started playing cricket for Taranaki in 2007. An opening or number three batsman, he holds the record for the highest score for Taranaki, which is 202. In 2022, while playing in the Chapple Cup, he reached his 100th game, only the fifth Taranaki player to do so. 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.{{cite news |title=Taranaki locks away the Hawke Cup |url=https://www.cdcricket.co.nz/newsarticle/151617 |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=Central Districts Cricket |date=23 March 2025}}

Robinson's highest score for Central Districts was 130 not out, when Central Districts defeated Canterbury in the 2011–12 Ford Trophy.{{cite web |title=Canterbury v Central Districts |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/349/349248.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=27 March 2025}} His highest first-class score was 62, also against Canterbury, in the 2013–14 Plunket Shield season.{{cite web |title=Central D vs Canterbury, at Napier, Feb 23 2014 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/plunket-shield-2013-14-665515/central-districts-vs-canterbury-665583/full-scorecard |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=27 March 2025}}