Full name Lewis John Hill 2012–2013 Unicorns Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Name Lewis Hill | Batting style Right-handed Role Cricket Player Bowling style Right-arm medium | |
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Born 5 October 1990 (age 33) ( 1990-10-05 ) Leicester, Leicestershire, England 2015–present Leicestershire (squad no. 23) | ||
Lewis John Hill (born 5 October 1990) is an English cricketer. Hill is a right-handed batsman who regularly fulfills the role of wicketkeeper. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
Educated at Hastings High School and John Cleveland College in Hinckley, Hill has played Second XI cricket for Leicestershire since 2009. During the 2012 season, Hill was selected as part of the Unicorns squad for the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40. He made his List A debut during the competition against Northamptonshire at Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley. He was dismissed for a golden duck in the match by Lee Daggett, with Northamptonshire winning by 8 wickets. However in his next outing for the Unicorns against Warwickshire he made an impressive 35 before being dismissed by Chris Wright. In the 2013 cricket season he was part of the Unicorns squad, and he experienced one of the most memorable games of his career against Middlesex at Lord's. After the Unicorns were put into bat Hill came in at number 5 and swept the pants of Ollie Raynor to make a comfortable 31. But then what he did with the gloves was extraordinary, taking a good catch and then an unbelievable catch that was one handed down to his right hand side much to the delight of Parsons at 1st slip. Unfortunately the Unicorns lost the game right at the death when the umpire had no bottle to give a clear run-out. During the winter of 2013 he went to Australia and in just his 3rd game made a delightful 228n.o for Brighton Cricket club vs. Unley. Brighton declared on 308 for no loss, smashing all sorts of records.
In May 2015, Hill made his first class début at Canterbury for Leicestershire vs Kent. He made 57 and 3 respectively. Although not being in the squad for Leicestershire's trip to Surrey, Boyce failed a late fitness test, meaning Lewis Hill was once again selected. He was chosen to open the batting. He made 126 off just 147 balls, hitting 18 fours and 2 sixes in the process.
In June 2015, Lewis Hill hit the winning runs to secure Leicestershire's first county championship victory in nearly three years.