Edward Alexton Lewis (born 25 October 1959) is a former American

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er of

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n origin. He played for the American national side from 1991 to 1997, and before emigrating to the U.S. also played for the

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in West Indian domestic cricket. Lewis made his senior debut for the Leewards in February 1985, in a limited-overs game against

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.List A matches played by Edward Lewis
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2016. Coming in third in the batting order, he scored 145

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, setting a Leeward Islands record for the highest individual score in

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matches that still stands. Despite this, Lewis never played another limited-overs games for the Leewards. He did appear in three first-class matches later in the 1984–85 season, but failed to repeat his earlier success. After emigrating to the U.S., Lewis made his debut for the U.S. national team in August 1991, in the annual

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fixture against

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. His first major international tournament for the team was the

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in Kenya.ICC Trophy matches played by Edward Lewis
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2016. He scored 196 runs from six innings (the second-most for his team), with his highest score being 68 not out against East and Central Africa. Lewis played his last international fixtures at the

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in Malaysia, aged 37. His older brother, Enoch Lewis, also played first-class cricket.Enoch Lewis
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Edward 1959 births Living people American cricketers Antigua and Barbuda cricketers Antigua and Barbuda emigrants to the United States Leeward Islands cricketers