James Christopher Mansel Lewis (born 3 October 1967) is a former English

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er. Lewis was a left-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

Ditchingham Ditchingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Ditchingham is located north of Bungay and south-east of Norwich, along the course of the River Waveney. History Ditchingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and d ...

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

. Lewis made his debut for

in the 1987

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against

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. Lewis played

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cricket for Norfolk from 1987 to 1994, which included 35 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9

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matches. He made his

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debut against

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in the

1990 NatWest Trophy The 1990 NatWest Trophy was the 10th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 1 September 1990. The tournament was won by Lancashire who defeated Northamptonshire by 7 wickets i ...

. In this match, was dismissed for 9 runs by

Phil Carrick Phillip Carrick (16 July 1952 – 11 January 2000) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1970 and 1993. Carrick was born in Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, educated at Park Lane College o ...

, while with the ball he bowled 8 wicket-less overs. He made a further List A appearance against

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

in the

1992 NatWest Trophy The 1992 NatWest Trophy was the 12th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1992. The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Leice ...

. In this match, he was dismissed for a single run by Alan Mullally. With the ball, he took the wickets of Laurie Potter and

Winston Benjamin Winston Keithroy Matthew Benjamin (born 31 December 1964) is a former Antiguan cricketer who played 21 Tests and 85 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He is the father of Olympic gold medalist hurdler Rai Benjamin. Domestic career Benj ...

for the cost of 66 runs from 12 overs.

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