Ben Brown (cricketer)

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Ben Brown

Brown batting for Sussex CCC in June 2021
Personal information
Full name	Ben Christopher Brown
Born	(1988-11-23) 23 November 1988 (age 33) Crawley, West Sussex, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Wicketkeeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–2021	Sussex (squad no. 26)
FC debut	19 July 2007 Sussex v Sri Lanka A
LA debut	16 September 2007 Sussex v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 157 79 82 Runs scored 8,649 1,354 840 Batting average 40.41 27.08 15.00 100s/50s 22/44 1/9 0/1 Top score 163 105 68 Balls bowled 120 – – Wickets 1 – – Bowling average 109.00 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 1/48 – – Catches/stumpings 434/21 68/12 41/7
Source: CricInfo, 23 September 2021

Ben Christopher Brown (born 23 November 1988) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Sussex County Cricket Club and played for England under-19s.

He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. Brown served as captain of Sussex (2018–2021) after Luke Wright stepped down from the role.

Brown was born in Crawley, West Sussex and educated at Ardingly College where he met his current wife, Katie Ryan-Brown.

After appearing regularly for Sussex Second XI, after making his debut in May 2004, he was selected for England under-19s tour of Malaysia in 2006/07 and also featured during the 'Test' and 'ODI' series with Pakistan in 2007.

In July 2007, Brown made his first-class debut for Sussex against Sri Lanka A scoring 46 off 25 balls and made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire in September 2007.

In the 2015 season, Brown was one of only two Sussex players to score over 1,000 runs in the County Championship;^[1] Brown scored 1,031 Championship runs at an average of 44.82, with 4 centuries.^[2] In December 2015, Brown signed a new contract to stay at Sussex until 2018, and was announced as the county's vice-captain. Sussex head coach Mark Davis described him as a "natural leader".^[2]

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External links[]

• Ben Brown at ESPNcricinfo