Dean Foxcroft

Dean Foxcroft (born 20 April 1998) is a South African born-New Zealand cricketer who plays domestic cricket in New Zealand.^[1]

Dean Foxcroft

Personal information
Born	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 27) Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	New Zealand
Only ODI (cap 212)	26 September 2023 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 99)	20 August 2023 v UAE
Last T20I	20 April 2024 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2018/19	Central Districts
2019/20–2024/25	Otago
2022	Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 11)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 1 5 32 51 Runs scored 0 88 1,799 1,287 Batting average 0.00 22.00 31.56 29.93 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/12 3/5 Top score 0 34 174 138 Balls bowled – – 3,203 1,436 Wickets – – 62 33 Bowling average – – 26.58 39.27 5 wickets in innings – – 2 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 6/84 3/36 Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 24/– 24/–
Source: CricInfo, 9 April 2025

He made his List A debut for Central Districts in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 4 November 2018.^[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[3] He made his first-class debut for Central Districts in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season on 6 December 2018.^[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Central Districts in the 2018–19 Super Smash on 31 December 2018.^[5]

In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.^[6][7] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Foxcroft was left stranded in South Africa for the first part of the 2020–21 season.^[8] In July 2021, Foxcroft was forced again to miss out playing domestic cricket in New Zealand,^[9] after his immigration was not approved due to border restrictions in relation to the pandemic.^[10]

International career

In March 2023, he earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand A cricket team for their first-class series against Australia.^[11] He made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in September 2023.

In July 2023, he was earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against United Arab Emirates.^[12][13] He made his T20I debut during the series.