Simon Hewitt
Simon Mark Hewitt (born 30 July 1961 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England) is an English-born former French first-class 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 for Oxford University.[4] His brother Steven played cricket for Cambridge University.[5]
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| Full name | Simon Mark Hewitt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1961 Radcliffe, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 15 October 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Marylebone Cricket Club (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]
References
- Cricinfo profile
- Cricket Archive profile
- France squad for the 2000 European Championship
- Teams played for by Simon Hewitt at CricketArchive
- Steven Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- First-class matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- 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