Background
He was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
He was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
Dean was a right-handed batsman. Dean made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. Wright played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1983 to 1988, which included 35 Minor Counties Championship matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
He made his List A debut against Hampshire in the 1983 National Westminster Trophy.
He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Hampshire in the 1986 National Westminster Trophy and Surrey in the 1987 National Westminster Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 54 runs at a batting average of 18.00, with a high score of 42.
