Conan Brewer (born 30 September 1982) is a Zimbabwean former
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er.
He played thirteen
first-class matches between 2001 and 2004.
Career
Brewer early exposure to cricket began at Lilfordia Primary School, under the guidance of Iain Campbell.
As an opening batsman, he consistently scored in the thirties and forties, and later demonstrated his skills at
Prince Edward High School, scoring significant runs against various teams.
Brewer served as captain of the school's first team in Form Three, but relinquished the role in his final two years due to the pressure of captaincy combined with wicket-keeping and opening the batting.
Conan's representative cricket career began at the Under-19 level, participating in two
Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth Cricket World Cup, it was not staged aga ...
s and touring with the Zimbabwe Development team.
Conan also played for
Old Hararians Sports Club in
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
, often opening the innings, and has delivered numerous fifties and a high score of 94.
He also played for Mvurwi in the Mashonaland Districts winter cricket league.
He was influenced by
Steve Rhodes
Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964) is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the former coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He was best known as a wicket-keeper, but was also a useful number six or seven batsman, ...
, former Worcestershire wicket-keeper, and
Dave Houghton, his coach at the academy.
See also
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CFX Academy cricket team
The CFX Academy cricket team was a first-class cricket team representing the Zimbabwe's cricket academy in the country's domestic cricket competitions. They competed in the Logan Cup from 1999 until 2002. The club played their home matches at the ...
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Zimbabwean cricketers
CFX Academy cricketers
Mashonaland cricketers
Midlands cricketers
Cricketers from Harare
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