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References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ Cricket Archive profile
- 1 2 France squad for the 2000 European Championship
- ↑ Teams played for by Simon Hewitt at CricketArchive
- ↑ Steven Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- ↑ First-class matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- 1 2 3 4 Other matches played by Simon Hewitt at Cricket Archive
- ↑ Scorecard of France v MCC, 24 September 1989 at Cricket Archive
- ↑ Scorecard of France v Germany, 23 August 1997 at Cricket Archive
- ↑ A hundred matches of the century, 2000 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
- ↑ ICC Trophy matches played by Simon Hewitt] at Cricket Archive