Jon Lewis (cricketer, born 1970)

Jonathan James Benjamin Lewis (born 21 May 1970, Isleworth, Middlesex, England) is the current Batting Coach of Bangladesh.

He represented Essex (1990-1996; Cap 1995) and Durham (1997-2006, Captain 2001-2004) as a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium fast bowler in 205 first-class matches. He scored 10,281 runs at an average of 31.92 with a highest score of 210. He scored 16 hundreds and 66 fifties.

He attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Essex.[1]

Coaching

Lewis was appointed second team coach by Durham County Cricket Club. In June 2013 first team coach Geoff Cook suffered a heart attack and Lewis deputised, helping Durham to their third County Championship title win[2] (Cook survived). Lewis was appointed first team coach on a full-time basis in December 2013.[3]

References
  1. Auld, Freddie. "Jon Lewis". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Geoff Cook: Jon Lewis deputises after Durham coach's heart attack". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. "Durham appoint Jon Lewis as Geoff Cook takes new youth role". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2013.


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