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Born | Hameln, Lower Saxony, West Germany | 30 March 1960|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1982–1983 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1982 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,18 February 2010 |
Ralph Stewart Cowan (born 30 March 1960) is an English former cricketer. Cowan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He also occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Hameln,Lower Saxony,West Germany.
While studying at the University of Oxford,Cowan made his first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club against Warwickshire in 1980. He made 21 further first-class appearances for the university,the last of which came against Cambridge University at The University Match at Lord's in 1982. [1] In his 22 first-class matches the university,he scored a total of 1,234 runs at an average of 34.27,with a high score of 143 not out. [2] This score came against Northamptonshire in 1982, [3] in what was his most successful season in first-class cricket,with Cowan scoring 533 runs at an average of 44.41. [4] Cowan made three centuries and seven half centuries for the university. [4] With the ball,he took 9 wickets,though at an expensive bowling average of 81.88,with best figures of 2/75. [5] It was during this period that he made his List A debut for the Combined Universities against Northamptonshire in the 1980 Benson &Hedges Cup. He made four further List A appearances for the team,the last of which came against Essex in the 1981 Benson &Hedges Cup. [6] In one-day cricket,he struggled compared to his favourable first-class form,scoring 25 runs at an average of 5.00,with a high score of 13. [7]
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