Dean Headley - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jan 27, 1970 54 years old

English cricketer

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About Dean Headley

  • Dean Warren Headley (born 27 January 1970) is a former English professional cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team in the 1990s. Headley was born in Stourbridge and comes from a famous cricketing family, being the son of Ron Headley and grandson of George Headley.
  • He was the first Test cricketer to be both the son and grandson of Test cricketers.
  • He was educated at Old Swinford Hospital and then Royal Grammar School Worcester where he excelled at rugby union and cricket. He played for Worcestershire's second team in 1989, and played as a professional for Leycett Cricket Club based in Leycett just outside Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, but his senior debut was in 1991 after he had moved to Middlesex.
  • Clive Lloyd helped him a lot in those early years.
  • In 1993 he moved counties again, this time to Kent.
  • Whilst at Kent he was selected for England, playing Test and ODI cricket between 1996 and 1999.
  • One of his greatest moments was when he won the Man of the Match award for his performance in the 4th Ashes Test in 1998 at Melbourne, taking six second innings wickets in England's narrow victory, their only Test victory on that tour.
  • Due to injury he retired from cricket in 2001. He played club cricket for Upchurch Cricket Club in Upchurch, Kent and was a cricket coach for Stamford School.

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