John Martin Lewis (born 29 September 1969) is a former English

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. Lewis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. In 1993 he made his debut for

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in the

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against Norfolk. From 1993 to 2002, Lewis represented Cumberland in 44 Championship matches, the last of which came against Bedfordshire. In the same season as his Championship debut, Lewis also made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against

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. From 1993 to 2002, he represented Cumberland in 24 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the

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. 1999 saw him make his debut in a List A cricket for Cumberland against Cornwall in the 1st round of the

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. From 1999 to 2002, he played 9 List A matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Devon in the 2nd round of the

2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an County cricket, English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire who beat Worcestersh ...

which was played in 2002. In his 9 List A matches, he scored 140 runs at a batting average of 17.50, with a single half century high score of 65. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a

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of 22.75, with best figures of 3/10.List A Bowling For Each Team by Martin Lewis
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at ESPNcricinfo
Martin Lewis
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