Nick Browne (cricketer)
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Nicholas Laurence Joseph Browne (born 24 March 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for
Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
as a left-handed
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who
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leg breaks. He studied at
Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green Trinity Catholic High School is an 11–18 mixed, Roman Catholic, voluntary aided school and sixth form in Woodford Green, Greater London, England. It was established in 1976 following the amalgamation of Holy Family Convent School (now Upper ...
, and has played for South Woodford CC since childhood, progressing from their youth teams into their 1st XI. He played for a number of seasons for Essex's 2nd XI, scoring over a 1000 runs for the Essex 2nd XI that year and eventually this led to his call up to the first team. Making his first-class debut in May 2013 against
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, he scored 3 and took 0-59 in a rain effected draw. Browne scored his maiden first-class fifty in June 2014 in a
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game against
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. He scored 65 in a partnership of 139 with fellow opener
Tom Westley Thomas Westley (born 13 March 1989) is an English professional cricketer who has played Test cricket for the England cricket team. He is a top order right-handed batsman who occasionally bowls offbreaks and has played first-class cricket for Es ...
. His maiden First-Class century came the following week against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, when he was unbeaten on 132*, the highest score ever made by an Essex opener carrying his bat. In the second innings scored 100* to become the first Essex player since
Ravi Bopara Ravinder Singh Bopara (born 4 May 1985) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club in one day cricket. Originally a top-order batsman, his developing medium pace bowling has made him a batting all rounder in the one day ...
in 2010 to score a century in both innings of a match. He spent every minute of the match on the pitch. In the final fixture of the 2014 season he scored 118 against Worcestershire at Chelmsford. At
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on 27 April 2015 Browne made his highest First Class score to date, scoring 143 against
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. In a County Championship match versus
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at
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on 9 July he scored 105 in the first innings, and 50 in the second innings as Essex were made to follow on. He continued his run of good form with his sixth Championship century against
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making 129 in an opening stand of 237 with
Liam Dawson Liam Andrew Dawson (born 1 March 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire and for the England cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin. He made his international debut for England in July 201 ...
at Chelmsford on 14 July 2015. The following day he was awarded his County Cap during the lunch interval. Browne became the first Essex player to reach 1,000 First-Class runs in a season since Bopara achieved the feat in 2008. He brought up the milestone on day four of the match against
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during a career best knock of 151* in the second innings. He continued his fine form the following winter playing 1st grade cricket in Australia for Mosman CC, scoring a double century (206) that beat the previous highest score by an English batsman in 1st grade cricket, but fell just short of breaking the Australian record of 210 in a 1st grade game. Upon his return to county cricket in 2016 he struck 87 in the first innings against Cambridge University followed by 100 in the second innings. In the first county division 2 game of the season he helped Essex to a 10-wicket win over Gloucestershire with a second innings 55* not out. In the Championship match versus Derbyshire in May 2016, he scored his maiden first-class
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, finally falling for 255. In 2017 Browne played an important role in helping Essex win the Championship, scoring solid runs and averaging over 40. However, 2018 proved disappointing with an average of 24 and no centuries. Even though he remains one of the few England-qualified batsmen who have maintained an overall career batting average over 40 but who has never represented England, his 2018 form was not sufficient to merit consideration to replace the retiring
Alastair Cook Sir Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club, and played for England in all international formats from 2006 to 2018. A former captain of the England Test and One-Day Intern ...
as England test opener.


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