Full name Ben Christopher Brown Role Cricketer Date joined 2007 Name Ben Brown Education Ardingly College | Nationality English Batting style Right-handed Height 1.73 m | |
Born 23 November 1988 (age 35) ( 1988-11-23 ) Crawley, West Sussex, England Current team Sussex County Cricket Club (#26) | ||
2007–present Sussex (squad no. 26) | ||
Luke wright and ben brown hit centuries for sussex against durham
Ben Christopher Brown (born 23 November 1988 in Crawley, West Sussex) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex and is a member of the England under-19s. He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. Ben Brown has been appointed as Sussex captain after Luke Wright stepped down from the role.
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Brown was educated at Ardingly College. After appearing regularly for Sussex Second XI, after making his debut in May 2004, he was selected for England under-19s tour of Malaysia in 2006/07 and also featured during the 'Test' and 'ODI' series with Pakistan in 2007.
In July 2007 Brown made his first-class debut for Sussex against Sri Lanka A scoring 46 off 25 balls and made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire in September 2007.
In the 2015 season, Brown was one of only 2 Sussex players to score over 1,000 runs in the County Championship (the other being Luke Wright); Brown scored 1,031 Championship runs at an average of 44.82, with 4 centuries. In December 2015, Brown signed a new contract to stay at Sussex until 2018, and was announced as the county's vice-captain. Sussex head coach Mark Davis described him as a "natural leader".