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.
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| Full name | Ben Christopher Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1988 Crawley, West Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–present | Sussex (squad no. 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 19 July 2007 Sussex v Sri Lanka A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 16 September 2007 Sussex v Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]