Dean Brownlie

Dean Graham Brownlie (born 30 July 1984) is an Australian-born former international New Zealand cricketer who last played for the Northern Districts cricket team in New Zealand domestic cricket. He has represented the New Zealand national cricket team in all three formats, qualifying to represent the team by way of his father's birthplace.

Dean Brownlie

Personal information
Full name	Dean Graham Brownlie
Born	(1984-07-30) 30 July 1984 (age 40) Perth, Western Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 252)	1 November 2011 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	24 May 2013 v England
ODI debut (cap 168)	3 February 2012 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	4 March 2017 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 45)	26 December 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I	6 December 2014 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009/10–2013/14	Canterbury
2014/15–2020/21	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 14 16 5 94 Runs scored 711 361 6 6,208 Batting average 29.62 25.78 1.20 40.05 100s/50s 1/4 0/1 0/0 14/36 Top score 109 63 5 334 Balls bowled 66 – – 240 Wickets 1 – – 1 Bowling average 52.00 – – 180.00 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 0 10 wickets in match 0 – – 0 Best bowling 1/13 – – 1/13 Catches/stumpings 17/– 6/– 3/– 121/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2022

Early career

Brownlie was born in Perth, Western Australia. He grew up playing both cricket and Australian rules football, representing the Mount Lawley District Cricket Club in the WACA District Cricket competition, and the West Perth Football Club at colts and reserves levels.^[1] He represented Western Australia at the 2001 Under-17 and the 2002 Under-19 national carnivals.^[2]

He played for Whitstable in the Kent Cricket League during the 2003 English cricket season as their overseas player.^[3] He made 455 runs at an average of 26.76, including one century, and also took 20 wickets.^[4][5]

Domestic career

Brownlie moved to New Zealand in 2009 to play for Canterbury. He made his List A debut the same season in 2010, making a golden duck on debut. However, he went on to score 86* in his second match.^[6] He then scored a century in his Plunket Shield début against Northern Districts. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Northern Districts for the 2018–19 season.^[7]

He was the leading run-scorer for Northern Districts in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy, with 293 runs in nine matches.^[8]

International career

He made his Twenty20 debut in January 2010 against Pakistan in 2010.

After playing several matches for the New Zealand A, he made his Test debut for the national team against Zimbabwe in November 2011 after an injury to Jesse Ryder, qualifying to represent New Zealand by way of his father, who was born in Christchurch. Brownlie scored 63 in his first innings on debut, and also took one wicket bowling medium pace in Zimbabwe's first innings.^[9]

He then played in the Australian test series and was New Zealand's best batsman, scoring 77 unbeaten in Brisbane.

On 5 February 2017, Brownlie replaced Martin Guptill in the final match of Chappell-Hadlee series in Hamilton, marking his first match in international level in 2 years. He also scored his first ODI half-century.^[10]

References

1. Falcons' loss is Kiwi gain Archived 1 July 2012 at archive.today – thewest.com.au. Written by John Townsend. Updated 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
2. Other matches played by Dean Brownlie Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
3. Former Whitstable C.C. overseas player makes Test Debut for New Zealand – pitchero.com. Written by Stephen Holness. Published 2 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
4. Batting and fielding for Whitstable – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
5. Bowling for Whitstable – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
6. "Otago sneak home in thriller". CricInfo. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
7. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
8. "The Ford Trophy, 2018/19 – Northern Districts: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
9. New Zealand vs. Zimbabwe scorecard – espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
10. "AUS 130/4 (26.6 ov, TM Head 41*, MP Stoinis 5*, KS Williamson 1/33) | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

External links

• Dean Brownlie at ESPNcricinfo