Simon Mark Hewitt (born 30 July 1961) is an English-born former French first-class cricketer.Cricinfo profile A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,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,France squad for the 2000 European Championship having previously played for Oxford University.Teams played for by Simon Hewitt at CricketArchive His brother Steven played cricket for Cambridge University.Steven Hewitt at Cricket Archive
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.First-class matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
He made his debut for France in September 1989, playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)Other matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive in a match played as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution.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 runScorecard 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.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.ICC Trophy matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive
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