Simon Hewitt
Personal information
Full name
Simon Mark Hewitt
Born (1961-07-30) 30 July 1961
Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1984Oxford University
1989–2001France
FC debut28 April 1984 Oxford University v Lancashire
Last FC30 May 1984 Oxford University v Gloucestershire
ICC Trophy debut28 June 2001 France v Malaysia
Last ICC Trophy6 July 2001 France v East and Central Africa
Career statistics
Competition 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
Source: CricketArchive, 15 October 2007

Simon Mark Hewitt (born 30 July 1961) 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]

Career

Hewitt began 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

  1. Cricinfo profile
  2. Cricket Archive profile
  3. 1 2 France squad for the 2000 European Championship
  4. Teams played for by Simon Hewitt at CricketArchive
  5. Steven Hewitt at Cricket Archive
  6. First-class matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
  7. 1 2 3 4 Other matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
  8. Scorecard of France v MCC, 24 September 1989 at Cricket Archive
  9. Scorecard of France v Germany, 23 August 1997 at Cricket Archive
  10. A hundred matches of the century, 2000 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
  11. ICC Trophy matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive
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