Scott Alexander Newman (born 3 November 1979) is an English former professional

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er who played

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between 2002 and 2009. Newman was born at

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and educated at

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, Coulsdon College and

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.Scott Newman
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-22. An opening batsman, his first-class debut for

against

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in 2002 was sealed with an innings of 99, followed by an innings of 183 in the next match against

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. He was selected in 2003/04 to attend the ECB national academy and toured subsequently to India] In May 2005, he made history as the first Surrey player to hit consecutive innings of a century and a double century in the same game, against Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Glamorgan. In 2009, he was dropped from the Surrey squad mid-way through the season and spent time on loan at

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before formally leaving Surrey at the end of the season to join traditional rivals

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

. There were reports that Newman's departure from Surrey was influenced by management's disappointment with his attitude on and off the pitch. This followed an altercation with the umpires in a match against Middlesex earlier that season. His stint with Nottinghamshire was also marked by a dispute with the umpires during a first-class match. On 12 March 2012 Newman joined

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on loan for the first two months of the season. He played four matches for Kent with his highest score being 89 against Oxford MCCU.BBC SPORT , Cricket , Counties , Middlesex opener Scott Newman joins Kent on loan
/ref> In 2017 he set up the Scott Newman Academy to coach junior players, following brief spells running cricket coaching programmes in North Middlesex and West Hertfordshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Scott 1979 births Living people English cricketers Kent cricketers Surrey cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Middlesex cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Surrey Cricket Board cricketers Cricketers from Epsom Alumni of the University of Brighton