Gary Brown (cricketer)

Gary Brown
Personal information
Full name Gary Kevin Brown
Born 16 June 1965 (1965-06-16) (age 46)
Welling, Kent, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Relations Keith Brown (Brother)
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999–2001 Durham Cricket Board
1988–1992 Durham
1989–1991 Minor Counties
1986 Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 6 20
Runs scored 345 402
Batting average 38.33 20.10
100s/50s 1/1 –/1
Top score 103 82
Balls bowled 108 6
Wickets 1
Bowling average 103.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/39
Catches/stumpings 5/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2009

Gary Kevin Brown (born 16 June, 1965 in Welling, Kent) is a former English cricketer. Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.

Brown made his first-class debut for Middlesex in the 1986 County Championship against Nottinghamshire. This was Brown's only appearance for Middlesex

In 1988 Brown joined Durham, making his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire.

In 1989 Brown made his List-A debut, representing a combined Minor Counties team against Yorkshire, playing four matches in Group C of the Benson and Hedges Cup. In the same competition Brown made his one-day debut for Durham against his former club Middlesex.

In 1990 Brown made a first-class appearance for a Combined Minor Counties team against the touring Indians, who had Mohammad Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar in their team. It was during that season that Brown played his final one-day match for Durham against Lancashire.

Brown represented the combined Minor Counties in four matches in 1991. Brown continued to represent Durham in the Minor Counties Championship until 1992 when the county was promoted to first-class status, thereby allowing them entry to the County Championship. Brown made his Durham first-class debut against Oxford University in April 1992. Brown would play in three County Championship matches in 1992, the last of which came against Hampshire. Brown was released by Durham at the end of the 1992 County Championship.

In 1999 Brown began playing for the Durham Cricket Board, representing them in Minor Counties Trophy matches and seven one-day matches between 1999 and 2001, with his final List-A match coming against Hertfordshire in May 2001.

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