Edward Simon Hunter Giddins (born 20 July 1971) is a former English cricketer who played in four Tests from 1999 to 2000.
Giddins was not selected for the winter tour of South Africa, but was back in the side for the two tests in England against Zimbabwe the following summer.
England lost this game by an innings and 93 runs and Giddins' figures of 0–73, as well as his only international pair,[7] meant he was subsequently dropped from the side.
The discipline committee of the Test and County Cricket Board rejected Giddins's story that he had taken cocaine by mistake and banned him for 20 months for "[bringing] the game into disrepute".
[8] In 2004 Giddins was again banned for placing a bet in 2002 against Surrey, his county at the time, in a National League game against Northamptonshire.