Simon Mark Hewitt (born 30 July 1961) is an English-born former French first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played more than 100 times for the France national cricket team between 1989 and 2001, most of the time captaining the side,France squad for the 2000 European Championship
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for Cambridge University.

Career

Hewitt began his cricketing career playing for Oxford University in

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. He played four first-class matches for them that year, against Lancashire, Somerset, Middlesex and Gloucestershire. He made his debut for France in September 1989, playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)Other matches played by Simon Hewitt
at Cricket Archive in a match played as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the French Revolution. He played on a tour to Austria in 1996, playing twice against the Austrian national team and in the 1996 European Nations Cup. He played in the 1997 European Nations Cup in Zuoz,

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, and took 3/44 in the final against Germany as France won by 1 run in a match that the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named as one of the 100 best matches of the 20th century. He played in the following years European Championship tournament and also in the 2000 tournament, despite becoming director of cricket in France in 1998. His playing career ended with the

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in Canada.ICC Trophy
matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hewitt, Simon 1961 births Living people English cricketers French cricketers Oxford University cricketers People from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester Cricketers from Greater Manchester Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Bury Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford