Dean Kino (born 15 April 1971) is an

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former cricket administrator and first-class

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er. Kino was born in April 1971 at

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. He later studied for a

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, before studying for his

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in law at

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at the

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. While studying at Oxford, he played

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for

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in 1999, making five appearances. He scored 31 runs in his five matches, while with his left-arm

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bowling he took 6 wickets. Kino joined

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(CA) in 2004 as their general manager of legal and business affairs. Kino was staying at the

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when it came under attack during the

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. He escaped five and a half hours after the attack had begun at 10pm. Kino was head of the governing council for the

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(CLT20). He was an important link in the relationship between Cricket Australia and the

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, in addition to working alongside cricket officials Sundar Raman,

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and

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in the 2014 constitutional changes in the

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. He resigned from CA and the CLT20 in September 2014.

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