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

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. 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

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, Essex.

Coaching

Lewis was appointed second team coach by Durham County Cricket Club. In June 2013 first team coach

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suffered a

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and Lewis deputised, helping Durham to their third

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title win (Cook survived). Lewis was appointed first team coach on a full-time basis in December 2013.

References

External links

Cricinfo

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