Career
Born in Rarotonga, Brown"s early cricket was played for Auckland under-age teams, and he went on to represent the New Zealand national under-19s in several matches as a right-arm fast bowler. Making his first-class debut during the 1993-1994 season of the Shell Trophy, he took ten wickets in his debut match, and represented the New Zealand Cricket Academy twice later in the season. Brown regularly played for Auckland in both the first-class and limited-overs competitions during the mid-1990s, despite the squad also including several international bowlers.
However, after the 1997-1998 season, he ceased playing for Auckland.
Brown resumed his career in the early 2000s for the Cook Islands national cricket team, playing in regional competitions, and going on to play for a representative East Asia-Pacific team He regularly captained the country of his birth throughout the remainder of the decade, becoming one of the only first-class players to play for the country.
Born in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands" largest and most populous island, Brown played his representative cricket in New Zealand, and represented the New Zealand national under-19 cricket team in several matches against the Australian under-19s during the 1992-1993 season. He made his first-class for Auckland in the following season"s Shell Trophy.
A right-arm fast bowler, Brown took a ten-wicket haul on debut against Canterbury in December 1993, with figures of 6/50 in the first innings and 4/40 in the second innings.
He took four wickets in the following match, against Northern Districts, but was dropped after going wicketless in the next match against Central Districts. Auckland"s pace attack during the season had included Willie Watson, Murphy Su"a, Chris Pringle, and Justin Vaughan at various stages, all previous Test cricketers. Brown was, however, a more regular selection in limited-overs matches, taking five wickets from five matches at an average of 17.80.
At the end of the season, he also played twice for the New Zealand Academy in first-class matches against Northern Districts and Otago, taking six wickets at an average of 13.17.
In August 2011, Brown was elevated to New Zealand Cricket"s Umpiring "A" Panel for the upcoming 2011-2012 season, effectively ranking him in the "top 20" of New Zealand umpires. Having umpired for just two seasons prior to his appointment, he remained on the "A" Panel for the 2012-2013 season.
Brown umpired his first matches in New Zealand"s first-class and one-day competitions during the 2012-2013 season, having mainly officiated women"s matches and national underage tournaments.
