Jon Lewis
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This time we hear from former Gloucestershire, Surrey and Sussex seam bowler Jon Lewis, a player who took more than 1300 wickets in his professional career and someone who enjoyed enormous success in county cricket in limited-overs cricket.    Jon’s solitary Test match came against Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge in 2006, and it was the culmination of being in and around the England squad for 18 months, time that included matches in both the ODI and T20I formats.   His selection was the end of a frustrating period of near misses when it came to getting his hands on a Test cap, but as with everyone else in this series, it turned out to be an end of another sort too, rather than a beginning.   Let’s get started and hear Jon’s story…
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