Dean Russ is the High-Performance Manager at Cricket Victoria.

Dean Russ is an Australian former first-class cricketer for the Victoria state cricket team. A left-hand opening batsman, Russ made his Sheffield Shield debut at the age of 28 during the 2013-14 season and played two Sheffield Shield matches for Victoria in 2014. He captained Footscray-Edgewater to the Melbourne premier cricket title. In November 2018 Russ became the club’s leading first XI run scorer. In September 2017 Russ was appointed coaching and talent development manager at Cricket Victoria.

We chat about…

• A holistic approach to talent development and the systems that support the athlete.
• A player-entered approach that takes more into account than just performance.
• A look into the Aussie cricket system that has ex-elite athletes gives back into the system.
• Late developers and keeping the gates of talent id open.
• The problems with year-round cricket.
• And loads more.

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