Full Name

Nicholas Laurence Joseph Browne

Born

March 24, 1991, Leytonstone, Essex

Age

33y 4d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Opening Batter

Education

Trinity College, Essex

Nick Browne, a tall, watchful left-hander with the ability to grow into an innings, has developed into Essex's most reliable opener since another batsman matching that description came through at Chelmsford. Browne now walks out alongside Alastair Cook at the top of the innings for Essex, and although he has yet to win England recognition he is a proven force at county level, twice a Championship-winner and with the potential to gain further honours.

He came to prominence in 2015, making five first-class centuries as he added his name to the long list of county contenders urged by the England coach, Trevor Bayliss, to make an unanswerable claim on a Test cap. His 1157 first-class runs represented the first time an Essex batsman had passed 1000 in a season since Matt Walker in 2009. That form stretched into the winter as he became the first English cricketer to score a double-century in Sydney First Grade - his 206 for Mosman against Sydney University breaking the previous best of 194 by former England captain Mike Gatting, some 36 years earlier.

His form was patchier in 2016, although he did make 1000 runs at a healthy average of 47, boosted by a career-best 255 against Derbyshire, one of two doubles he made against them that promotion season. Indeed, double-centuries became something of a speciality - he made it three in a row in the Championship the following summer, this time against Middlesex at Chelmsford, joining Cook in an Essex record opening stand of 373. Essex were by now back in Division One of the Championship and the top-order resilience of Cook and Browne helped them settle into a season in which they went on to win the title.

Form was patchier in subsequent seasons and talk of an England call-up receded - but Browne did play all 14 games as Essex regained the Division One pennant in 2019, and he remained a reliable presence at the top of the order.

Browne had made his first-team debut in 2013, playing in three Championship matches. The following season, he took his chance at opener and in the process made history, becoming the first Essex player to score two unbeaten hundreds in a Championship match, with Derbyshire the victims yet again, this time at Chesterfield. Those were his first two tons - on only his seventh senior appearance.
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Nick Browne Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC13822817756925535.871619546.7319311085131020
List A262306249927.1373584.8903764101
T20s141221653816.50144114.580014260

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC138132781890---4.07-000
List A26------------
T20s14------------

Recent Matches of Nick Browne

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Essex vs Northants13 & 026-Sep-2023NorthamptonFC
Essex vs Hampshire3 & 2*19-Sep-2023ChelmsfordFC
Essex vs Middlesex59 & 3504-Sep-2023ChelmsfordFC
Essex vs Surrey1822-Aug-2023ChelmsfordList A
Essex vs Hampshire6 & 2825-Jul-2023SouthamptonFC

Photos of Nick Browne

Nick Browne reached his century
James Anderson removed Nick Browne for a duck in his first over
Nick Browne struck ten boundaries in his 49
Ben Sanderson claimed the wicket of Nick Browne
Nick Browne flashes through the covers
Nick Browne brings up his half-century for Essex