Who is Charlie Dean | Biography | Statistics | English player

About Charlie Ellen Dean:

Name: Charlie Dean
Date of birth: December 22, 2000
Bowling Style: Offbreak right arm
Stroking style: Right bat
Birthplace: Burton-on-Trent
Role: Bowling all-rounder
Teams: English women, Hampshire women, London Spirit women, Southern Vipers women

Bio:

Charlie Dean, a right-arm bowling all-rounder, made her ODI debut on September 16, 2021 against New Zealand during their tour of England in Bristol. She became the joint leading wicket-taker in the five-match series. A year later on 22 January 2022, she made her T20 International debut against Australia during England’s tour of Australia, but the match was postponed due to rain with no result. Just four days after her T20 debut, Dean made her Test debut on January 27, 2022 against Australia during England’s tour of Australia in Canberra.

Charlie Dean is the daughter of former England cricketer Steven Dean, who played for Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Her father introduced her to cricket. She started her cricket career playing for the Portsmouth Grammar School boys’ first XI in 2017, where she took five wickets in her debut match. She made her county debut in 2016 for Hampshire against Staffordshire. In 2017, she performed brilliantly and led her side to promotion to Division 1 in the County Championship by scoring 206 runs at an average of 29.42 and taking 13 wickets. Her performance helped Hampshire win Division 1 of the County Championship. In 2020, she continued to play for Southern Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, playing all seven matches and helping the team win the competition. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Dean took 5/19 in the first match playing for the Vipers against Central Sparks. She then announced that she would sign a professional contract with Southern Vipers. In 2022, she became the leading wicket-taker for Southern Vipers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, showing her class as a bowler throughout the domestic seasons.

Charlie Dean was selected for the England squad for the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, where she played six matches and helped England reach the final. She picked up 11 wickets with an excellent performance. In July 2022, Dean was the leading wicket-taker in the England ODI series against South Africa with 8 wickets at an average of 18.62. In December 2022, she led England’s wicket tally in both the ODI and T20 series against the West Indies, taking seven and eleven wickets respectively, earning player of the series in the T20Is. She was subsequently named in the England squad for the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Against Sri Lanka, she claimed her maiden five-wicket haul in the 3rd ODI with figures of 5/31. In April 2024, during the first ODI of England’s tour of New Zealand, Dean became the fastest bowler to take 50 ODI wickets in just 26 matches.

Dean captained London Spirit, replacing the injured Heather Knight. She has represented Hampshire Women, London Spirit Women and Southern Vipers in her domestic career.

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