About Simon Base

Simon Base (born January 2, 1960) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played first-class cricket between 1981 and 1999. He first represented Western Province in 1981 before moving back to England to commence his county career. He initially played for Glamorgan in 1986 against Gloucestershire. A fixture for his debut first-class English season, in the second half of 1987 he moved to South Africa to play for Boland, where his most crucial act with the team was to help win the 1997/98 Castle Bowl against Transvaal\s B team. In 1988 he was to find himself back in England, playing for Derbyshire, with whom he stayed until 1993. During this time, he again returned to South Africa, to play for Border, and, in 1989, toured the Netherlands with the England A team. He participated in the 1990/91 Castle Bowl final, where Border and