Education
Brown was educated at Ardingly College.
Brown was educated at Ardingly College.
He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. After appearing regularly for Sussex Second XI, after making his debut in May 2004, he was selected for England under-19s tour of Malaysia in 2006/07 and also featured during the "Test" and "ODI" series with Pakistan in 2007. In July 2007 Brown made his first-class debut for Sussex against Sri Lanka A scoring 46 off 25 balls and made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire in September 2007.
In the 2015 season, Brown was one of only 2 Sussex players to score over 1,000 runs in the County Championship (the other being Luke Wright).
Brown scored 1,031 Championship runs at an average of 44.82, with 4 centuries. In December 2015, Brown signed a new contract to stay at Sussex until 2018, and was announced as the county"s vice-captain.
Sussex head coach Mark Davis described him as a "natural leader".