Mark Cosgrove

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Mark Cosgrove
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Personal information
Full nameMark James Cosgrove
Born (1984-06-14) 14 June 1984 (age 36)
Adelaide, South Australia
NicknameCozzie
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  160)28 April 2006 v  Bangladesh
Last ODI16 September 2006 v  India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002/03–2009/10 South Australia
2006 Glamorgan
2009–2011Glamorgan
2010/11–2013/14 Tasmania
2011/12 Hobart Hurricanes
2012/13 Sydney Thunder
2013/14 Sydney Sixers
2014/15–2015/16South Australia
2014/15Sydney Thunder
2015–2019 Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches3221160139
Runs scored11214,9764,8213,112
Batting average 37.3340.3632.1424.89
100s/50s0/136/874/390/14
Top score7423312189
Balls bowled304,3071,067197
Wickets 1521810
Bowling average 13.0046.0163.3832.00
5 wickets in innings 0000
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling1/13/32/212/11
Catches/stumpings 0/–133/–49/–26/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2019

Mark James Cosgrove (born 14 June 1984) is an Australian-English cricketer. [1] He is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler. He represented Australia in three One Day Internationals in 2006.

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Career

Mark Cosgrove with Sydney Thunder in 2012. Mark Cosgrove 2012 T20 Bash League Sydney Thunder.jpg
Mark Cosgrove with Sydney Thunder in 2012.

Cosgrove made his state debut in the 2002–03 season for South Australia. He was awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony by the CA in 2005. [2] [3] Earlier in the 2004–05 season he had been dropped from the state side for a time for being overweight.

On 28 April 2006, Cosgrove made his international debut in the third and final one day international of Australia's 2006 tour of Bangladesh. Played at the Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, he bowled four overs for 12 runs and then opened the batting, scoring 74 before being bowled by Abdur Razzak as Australia successfully chased the Bangladesh target of 127. In September 2006, he played in Australia's first two one day internationals in the DLF Cup in Kuala Lumpur, scoring 34 batting at five in a win against the West Indies before being dismissed for four while batting at six in a game against India that was rained off in the second innings. In between the two international assignments he signed for Glamorgan to play as an overseas player for the 2006 season. [4]

Cosgrove had a poor 2006–07 season with South Australia and was not selected for the 2007 World Cup, having previously been considered a possible dark horse selection. Later in 2007 he declined an offer to return to Glamorgan, instead joining the Centre of Excellence in Australia at the request of national chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch. On 25 July 2007, Cosgrove was suspended from the Centre of Excellence for disciplinary reasons. [5]

In April 2010, Cosgrove was not offered a new contract by South Australia. Jamie Cox, the state's director of cricket, said that "we were unable to help him fulfil his full potential." He had scored 511 first-class runs in 2009–10, including two hundreds, and also averaged more than 40 in the one-day competition while also playing as South Australia progressed to the Twenty20 domestic final. He returned to Glamorgan as their overseas player for the 2010 summer season. [6]

Cosgrove joined Tasmania for the 2010–11 season and scored 806 Shield runs, the most in the competition. The following season was less successful, as he scored 347 Shield runs at 34.70 and made 203 runs at 22.25 in the Ryobi Cup. He only played one game in the inaugural Big Bash League for the Hobart Hurricanes.

In 2012-13 Cosgrove scored 784 runs at 39.20 in the Sheffield Shield, the second-highest total in the competition behind Tasmanian teammate Ricky Ponting. He was less successful in limited-overs cricket, scoring just 51 runs in 4 games in the Ryobi Cup and 61 runs in 5 Big Bash League games, where he played for Sydney Thunder.

In 2014, Cosgrove signed a two-year contract to return to South Australia after declining a two-year extension to his Tasmania contract. He cited a preference to return to South Australia to be closer to family. Cosgrove signed for Leicestershire in March 2015 on two-year contract, and was appointed captain. He used an English passport to play for the club so that he did not take up a place as an overseas player. [7] As a consequence, for the 2015–16 season he took the position of South Australia's overseas player, replacing sacked captain Johan Botha in that position. [8] He left South Australia at the end of that season, but remained with Leicestershire until his release at the end of the COVID-19-affected 2020 season, in which he did not play a game for the club. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cosgrove seals Leicestershire move". BBC.
  2. ↑ "Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year". Bradman Foundation. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Australian Cricket Awards | Cricket Australia". cricketaustralia.com.au.
  4. ↑ "Elliott ruled out for Glamorgan". BBC Sport. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Cosgrove suspended for poor behaviour". ESPN. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Cosgrove signs new Glamorgan deal". BBC Sport. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "Mark Cosgrove: Leicestershire sign Australian batsman as skipper". BBC Sport. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Botha hit by Cosgrove deal". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mark Cosgrove: Leicestershire batsman leaves at end of contract". BBC Sport. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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