Simon Hewitt
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| Simon Hewitt | ||||
 France |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Simon Mark Hewitt | |||
| Born | 30 July 1961 | |||
| Radcliffe, Lancashire, England | ||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-pace | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1984 | Oxford University | |||
| 1989-2001 | France | |||
| First-class debut | 28 April 1984: Oxford University v Lancashire | |||
| Last First-class | 30 May 1984: Oxford University v Gloucestershire | |||
| ICC Trophy debut | 28 June 2001: France v Malaysia | |||
| Last ICC Trophy | 6 July 2001: France v East and Central Africa | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| First-class | ICC Trophy | |||
| Matches | 4 | 5 | ||
| Runs scored | 60 | 117 | ||
| Batting average | 12.00 | 23.40 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/1 | ||
| Top score | 22 | 52 | ||
| Balls bowled | 389 | 192 | ||
| Wickets | 4 | 3 | ||
| Bowling average | 58.00 | 55.00 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | ||
| Best bowling | 2/52 | 2/47 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 2/0 | ||
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As of 15 October 2007 |
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Simon James Hewitt (born 30 July 1961 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England) is an English born former French cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] he played more than 100 times for the France national cricket team between 1989 and 2001, most of the time captaining the side,[3] having previously played first-class cricket for Oxford University.[4] His brother Steven played cricket for Cambridge University.[5]
[edit] Career
Hewitt started his cricketing career playing for Oxford University in 1984. He played four first-class matches for them that year, against Lancashire, Somerset, Middlesex and Gloucestershire.[6]
He made his debut for France in September 1989, playing against the MCC[7] in a match played as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution.[8] He played on a tour to Austria in 1996, playing twice against the Austrian national team and in the 1996 European Nations Cup.[7]
He played in the 1997 European Nations Cup in Zuoz, Switzerland,[7] and took 3/44 in the final against Germany as France won by 1 run[9] in a match that the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named as one of the 100 best matches of the 20th century.[10]
He played in the following years European Championship tournament[7] and also in the 2000 tournament, despite becoming director of cricket in France in 1998.[3] His playing career ended with the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ Cricket Archive profile
- ^ a b France squad for the 2000 European Championship
- ^ Teams played for by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- ^ Steven Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- ^ First-class matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c d Other matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of France v MCC, 24 September 1989 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of France v Germany, 23 August 1997 at Cricket Archive
- ^ A hundred matches of the century, 2000 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
- ^ ICC Trophy] matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive
