Simon Hewitt

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Simon Hewitt
country = France
fullname = Simon Mark Hewitt
nickname =
living = true
partialdates =
dayofbirth = 30
monthofbirth = 7
yearofbirth = 1961
placeofbirth = Radcliffe, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm medium-pace
club1 = Oxford University
year1 = 1984
clubnumber1 =
club2 = France
year2 = 1989-2001
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 28 April
debutyear1 = 1984
debutfor1 = Oxford University
debutagainst1 = Lancashire
lastdate1 = 30 May
lastyear1 = 1984
lastfor1 = Oxford University
lastagainst1 = Gloucestershire
type2 = ICC Trophy
debutdate2 = 28 June
debutyear2 = 2001
debutfor2 = France
debutagainst2 = Malaysia
lastdate2 = 6 July
lastyear2 = 2001
lastfor2 = France
lastagainst2 = East and Central Africa
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 4
runs1 = 60
bat avg1 = 12.00
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 22
deliveries1 = 389
wickets1 = 4
bowl avg1 = 58.00
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 2/52
catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
column2 = ICC Trophy
matches2 = 5
runs2 = 117
bat avg2 = 23.40
100s/50s2 = 0/1
top score2 = 52
deliveries2 = 192
wickets2 = 3
bowl avg2 = 55.00
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = 0
best bowling2 = 2/47
catches/stumpings2 = 2/0
date = 15 October
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30188/30188.html Cricket Archive

Simon James Hewitt (born 30 July 1961 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England) is an English born former French cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26101.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30188/30188.html Cricket Archive profile] ] he played more than 100 times for the France national cricket team between 1989 and 2001, most of the time captaining the side, [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2000/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/TEAMS/france.shtml France squad for the 2000 European Championship] ] having previously played first-class cricket for Oxford University. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30188/all_teams.html Teams played for by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive] His brother Steven played cricket for Cambridge University. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30187/30187.html Steven Hewitt] at Cricket Archive]

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. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30188/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive]

He made his debut for France in September 1989, playing against the MCC [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30188/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive] in a match played as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/51/51900.html Scorecard] of France v MCC, 24 September 1989 at Cricket Archive] He played on a tour to Austria in 1996, playing twice against the Austrian national team and in the 1996 European Nations Cup.

He played in the 1997 European Nations Cup in Zuoz, Switzerland, and took 3/44 in the final against Germany as France won by 1 run [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/102/102049.html Scorecard] of France v Germany, 23 August 1997 at Cricket Archive] in a match that the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named as one of the 100 best matches of the 20th century. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153390.html A hundred matches of the century] , 2000 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]

He played in the following years European Championship tournament and also in the 2000 tournament, despite becoming director of cricket in France in 1998. His playing career ended with the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30188/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy] ] matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive]

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