Jamie Hewitt (cricketer)

James Peter Hewitt (born 1976), known as Jamie Hewitt, is a former English professional cricketer. He played county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and Kent County Cricket Club between 1995 and 2003 and later played minor counties cricket, as a seam bowling all-rounder. He was born in Southwark in London in 1976 and was educated at Richmond upon Thames College, Kingston College and City of Westminster College.[1]

Jamie Hewitt
Personal information
Full name
James Peter Hewitt
Born (1976-02-26) 26 February 1976
Southwark, London
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium fast
RoleAllrounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–2001Middlesex
2002–2003Kent
2005–2008Oxfordshire
2009–2012Hertfordshire
2013–2014Bedfordshire
FC debut20 April 1996 Middlesex v Oxford Univ
Last FC19 April 2002 Kent v Hampshire
LA debut27 August 1995 Middlesex v Yorkshire
Last LA28 May 2003 Kent v Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 61 81
Runs scored 1,264 335
Batting average 18.31 11.16
100s/50s 0/3 0/0
Top score 75 32*
Balls bowled 8,485 3,135
Wickets 170 72
Bowling average 29.10 33.77
5 wickets in innings 5 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/14 4/24
Catches/stumpings 23/– 24/–
Source: CricInfo, 3 November 2017

Cricket career

Hewitt played for Middlesex's Second XI from 1994 before making his senior debut for the club in the Sunday League. He went on to make his first-class cricket debut in April 1996 against Oxford University at the University Parks.[2] He made his County Championship debut against Gloucestershire in May of the same year, taking a wicket with his first ball.[3] Hewitt went on to play in over 130 senior matches for Middlesex and was awarded his county cap in 1998.[2][4] He was considered a "richly promising seamer" and took 60 wickets for the county in 1997, although his bowling form was thought to have "declined alarmingly" after 1998.[1][4]

Injuries and issues with confidence reduced his effectiveness and in 2000 he did not play at all for Middlesex.[1][5] He took 170 first-class wickets for the county,[2] his finest moment was taking 6/14 when he and Angus Fraser bowled out Glamorgan for 31 all out at Sophia Gardens in 1997.[3][6]

Before the start of the 2001 season Hewitt was approached by Kent County Cricket Club with a view to him joining the club on a three-year contract. This was deemed to be an illegal approach and Kent were later fined.[4][7] At the end of the 2001 season Hewitt did join Kent on a two-year contract, playing for the county during 2002 and 2003.[5][8] He made only six senior appearances for the county before being released during the 2003 season.[1]

Coaching career

After leaving Kent, Hewitt was player-coach for Oxfordshire between 2005 and 2008,[9][10] Hertfordshire from 2009 to 2012 and Bedfordshire during 2013 and 2014.[2][11][12] He set up his own coaching academy, is an ECB Level 4 coach and has been Performance Coach and Head of Development for Hertfordshire.[13][14][15][16] In 2014 he began working at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in London coaching cricket and building partnerships between Middlesex and the school.[15][16][17] As of August 2017 he remained in this role.[18]

References
  1. Williamson M Jamie Hewitt, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  2. Jamie Hewitt, Middlesex County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  3. Culley J (1997) Cricket: Moles needled by inaccuracy, The Independent, 1997-06-15. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  4. Steen R (2001) Cricket Focus: Hewitt approach may cost Kent, The Daily Telegraph, 2001-04-21. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  5. Mann S (2002) New regime at Canterbury, BBC Sport, 2002-04-09. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  6. Llewellyn D (1998) Cricket: Hewitt steers Middlesex to safety, The Independent, 1998-05-30. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  7. Disciplinary panel warns Kent as to future conduct, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  8. Hewitt signs for Kent, BBC Sport, 2001-11-21. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  9. Cricket: Hewitt keeps reisn for cup, Oxford Mail, 2005-06-10. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  10. CRICKET: Hewitt's day to forget, The Oxford Times, 2006-06-26. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  11. Cricket: Hewitt looking to build strong future at Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire News, 2013-03-09.
  12. Hewitt returns to skipper Bedfordshire in season finale, Bedford Today, 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  13. Hutchinson J (2010) Win expert tuition from former Kent and Middlesex cricketer Jamie Hewitt, Welwyn Hatfield Times, 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  14. About us, Jamie Hewitt Cricket Academy. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  15. Fissler N (2016) Where are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up, The Cricket Paper, 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  16. Cricket, Skylight, Spring 2014, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  17. Haberdasher's Aske's, The Playing Fields of England: An A-Z Guide To The Summer Game’s Top 100 Schools 2017, The Cricketer, 2016-12-02 p.24. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  18. Habs Cricket 2017 Season Report, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

Jamie Hewitt at ESPNcricinfo

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