James Peter Hewitt (born 1976), known as Jamie Hewitt, is a former English professional

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

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for

Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial ...

and

Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Ke ...

between 1995 and 2003 and later played

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cricket, as a

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all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...

. He was born in

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in London in 1976 and was educated at

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, Kingston College and

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.Williamson
Jamie Hewitt

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. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

Cricket career

Hewitt played for Middlesex's Second XI from 1994 before making his senior debut for the club in the Sunday League. He went on to make his

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debut in April 1996 against

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at the

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.Jamie Hewitt

. Retrieved 2017-11-03. He made his

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debut against

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in May of the same year, taking a wicket with his first ball.Culley J (1997
Cricket: Moles needled by inaccuracy
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'', 1997-06-15. Retrieved 2017-11-03. Hewitt went on to play in over 130 senior matches for Middlesex and was awarded his

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in 1998.Steen R (2001
Cricket Focus: Hewitt approach may cost Kent
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'', 2001-04-21. Retrieved 2017-11-03. He was considered a "richly promising seamer" and took 60 wickets for the county in 1997, although his bowling form was thought to have "declined alarmingly" after 1998. Injuries and issues with confidence reduced his effectiveness and in 2000 he did not play at all for Middlesex.Mann S (2002
New regime at Canterbury

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, 2002-04-09. Retrieved 2017-11-03. He took 170 first-class wickets for the county, his finest moment was taking 6/14 when he and

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bowled out

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for 31 all out at

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in 1997.Llewellyn D (1998
Cricket: Hewitt steers Middlesex to safety
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'', 1998-05-30. Retrieved 2017-11-03. Before the start of the 2001 season Hewitt was approached by

with a view to him joining the club on a three-year contract. This was deemed to be an illegal approach and Kent were later fined.Disciplinary panel warns Kent as to future conduct

. Retrieved 2017-11-03. At the end of the 2001 season Hewitt did join Kent on a two-year contract, playing for the county during 2002 and 2003.Hewitt signs for Kent

, 2001-11-21. Retrieved 2017-11-03. He made only six senior appearances for the county before being released during the 2003 season.

Coaching career

After leaving Kent, Hewitt was player-coach for

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between 2005 and 2008,Cricket: Hewitt keeps reisn for cup
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'', 2005-06-10. Retrieved 2017-11-03.CRICKET: Hewitt's day to forget
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'', 2006-06-26. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

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from 2009 to 2012 and

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during 2013 and 2014.Cricket: Hewitt looking to build strong future at Bedfordshire, ''Bedfordshire News'', 2013-03-09.Hewitt returns to skipper Bedfordshire in season finale
''Bedford Today'', 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2017-11-03. He set up his own coaching academy, is an ECB Level 4 coach and has been Performance Coach and Head of Development for Hertfordshire.Hutchinson J (2010
Win expert tuition from former Kent and Middlesex cricketer Jamie Hewitt
''Welwyn Hatfield Times'', 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
Jamie Hewitt Cricket Academy. Retrieved 2017-11-03.Fissler N (2016
Where are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up
''The Cricket Paper'', 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2017-11-03.Cricket
''Skylight'', Spring 2014,

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. Retrieved 2017-11-03. In 2014 he began working at

in London coaching cricket and building partnerships between

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and the school.Haberdasher's Aske's
The Playing Fields of England: An A-Z Guide To The Summer Game’s Top 100 Schools 2017, ''

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'', 2016-12-02 p.24. Retrieved 2017-11-03. As of August 2017 he remained in this role.Habs Cricket 2017 Season Report

, 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hewitt, Jamie 1976 births Living people English cricketers Kent cricketers Middlesex cricketers Oxfordshire cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers Bedfordshire cricketers Sportspeople from Southwark