Sussex
In July 2007,Brown made his first-class debut for Sussex in a tour match against Sri Lanka A scoring 46 off 25 balls [5] and made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire in September 2007. [6]
Brown's initial opportunities as wicket-keeper were limited by the presence of Matt Prior and Andrew Hodd,but Brown did play eight group games in the 2009 Twenty20 Cup,a competition Sussex would go on to win. [7] On his County Championship debut against Worcestershire in May 2010,he was dismissed for a four-ball duck. [8] He scored his maiden first-class century later that season against Derbyshire in an innings where all of Sussex's top four batsmen made hundreds. [9]
In May 2014,Brown scored a then career-best of 163 against Durham. In partnership with Luke Wright they added a county record 335 for the sixth wicket having come together at 115/5. [10] Brown's score surpassed the best achieved by a number seven batsman for Sussex previously held by Jim Parks. [11] Later that season Brown was awarded his county cap. [12]
In the 2015 season,Brown was one of only two Sussex players to score over 1,000 runs in the County Championship; [13] Brown scored 1,031 Championship runs at an average of 44.82,with four centuries. [14] In December 2015,Brown signed a new contract to stay at Sussex until 2018,and was announced as the county's vice-captain. Sussex head coach Mark Davis described him as a "natural leader". [14]
Following the captaincy resignation of Luke Wright midway through the 2017 season,Brown was named skipper for the remainder of the County Championship campaign. [15] Ahead of the 2018 season he was named the permanent club captain. [16] He finished the year as Sussex's leading run-scorer with over 1,000 first-class runs as well as completing 55 dismissals. [17]
In July 2021,Brown was removed as captain following Sussex's poor performance in the first phase of the 2021 County Championship. [18] His own contribution across the season was 976 runs at an average of 51.36 including four centuries,he ended the campaign batting at number three as a specialist batsman. In December 2021,Sussex announced that they had agreed to Brown's request to leave the club and end his contract which had two years remaining. [19]
Hampshire
In January 2022,Hampshire announced the signing of Brown on an initial two-year contract. [20] On 7 April 2022,he made his county debut against Somerset. [21] Two weeks after his debut he made his first century for the club as he hit 157 against Kent,sharing in a stand of 273 with Liam Dawson which broke the Hampshire fifth wicket record. [22]
In May 2024,Brown scored a career-best 165 not out against Surrey as Hampshire inflicted one of their opponents heaviest defeats. [23]
He was named as Hampshire's red-ball captain in January 2025. [24]
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