Conan Brewer (born 30 September 1982) is a Zimbabwean former
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
He played thirteen
first-class matches between 2001 and 2004.
Career
Brewer early exposure to cricket began at Lilfordia Primary School, under the guidance of Iain Campbell.
As an opening batsman, he consistently scored in the thirties and forties, and later demonstrated his skills at
Prince Edward High School, scoring significant runs against various teams.
Brewer served as captain of the school's first team in Form Three, but relinquished the role in his final two years due to the pressure of captaincy combined with wicket-keeping and opening the batting.
Conan's representative cricket career began at the Under-19 level, participating in two
Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth World Cup, it was not staged again u ...
s and touring with the Zimbabwe Development team.
Conan also played for
Old Hararians Sports Club
Old Hararians Sports Club is a sports club and multi-purpose stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe. The ground is also known as Old Hararians 'B' Field, it is mostly used for cricket matches, and has served as the cricket venue in Zimbabwe since its founda ...
in
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
, often opening the innings, and has delivered numerous fifties and a high score of 94.
He also played for Mvurwi in the Mashonaland Districts winter cricket league.
He was influenced by
Steve Rhodes
Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964) is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the former coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He was best known as a wicket-keeper, but was also a useful number six or seven batsman, ...
, former Worcestershire wicket-keeper, and
Dave Houghton, his coach at the academy.
See also
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CFX Academy cricket team
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Zimbabwean cricketers
CFX Academy cricketers
Mashonaland cricketers
Midlands cricketers
Cricketers from Harare
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