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Full name
  
Simon Mark Hewitt

1989–2001
  
France

1984
  
Oxford University


Batting style
  
Right-handed

Name
  
Simon Hewitt

Born
  
30 July 1961 (age 62) (
1961-07-30
)
Radcliffe, Lancashire, England

First-class debut
  
28 April 1984 Oxford University v Lancashire

Bowling style
  
Right-arm medium-pace

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Simon Mark Hewitt (born 30 July 1961 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England) is an English born former French cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played more than 100 times for the France national cricket team between 1989 and 2001, most of the time captaining the side, having previously played first-class cricket for Oxford University. His brother Steven played cricket for Cambridge University.

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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.

He made his debut for France in September 1989, playing against the MCC in a match played as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution. 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 in a match that the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named as one of the 100 best matches of the 20th century.

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.

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References

Simon Hewitt Wikipedia