Ben Brown (cricketer)

Ben Christopher Brown (born 23 November 1988) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex County Cricket Club and played for England under-19s. He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. Brown was appointed captain of Sussex for the 2018 season after Luke Wright stepped down from the role.

Ben Brown
Personal information
Full nameBen Christopher Brown
Born (1988-11-23) 23 November 1988
Crawley, West Sussex, England
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–presentSussex (squad no. 26)
FC debut19 July 2007 Sussex v Sri Lanka A
LA debut16 September 2007 Sussex v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 145 74 82
Runs scored 7,673 1102 840
Batting average 39.34 24.48 15.00
100s/50s 18/42 0/8 0/1
Top score 163 73* 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 407/18 67/12 41/7
Source: CricInfo, 20 September 2020

Brown was born in Crawley, West Sussex and educated at Ardingly College where he met his now 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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