Simon Richard George Francis (born 15 August 1978) is an English former

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er, currently Director of Cricket at

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. He bowled right-arm medium-fast and batted right-handed. He made his first-class debut for

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

in 1997, making a handful of appearances for the county until he moved to

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for the 2002 season. However, appearances for the first XI became less frequent and Francis was released at the end of the 2006 season. He was signed by

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early in the 2007 season, which proved to be his final year in professional cricket. Francis also toured with England A in India in 2003-04 and appeared in one Youth One-Day International, coming in January 1997 on the England Under-19s' tour of Pakistan. He also represented England at hockey at Under-18 level. Francis's brother,

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, is also a former first-class cricketer, having played similarly for Hampshire and Somerset.

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