Denis Jon Hickey (born 31 December 1964) is a former Australian first class cricketer who played for Victoria[1] and South Australia in the Sheffield Shield. A right arm fast bowler, he spent the 1986 English summer playing with Glamorgan after receiving a cricket scholarship.

Denis Hickey
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 57 20
Runs scored 363 19
Batting average 9.55 3.16
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 34 6*
Balls bowled 9,889 876
Wickets 156 27
Bowling average 40.28 24.85
5 wickets in innings 6 1
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 7/81 5/26
Catches/stumpings 13/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 February 2023

The closest he came to playing for Australia was a tour of Zimbabwe in 1991 with Australia A.

Since his cricketing days he has carved out a successful corporate career and was CEO of ING Real Estate in Sydney, then Lendlease's global COO and chief executive of Americas until 2022.

References edit

  1. ^ "Hickey 'the quickest'". Canberra Times (Act : 1926 – 1995). 14 November 1987. p. 10.