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Bob Cowper
Australia
Player profile
Full name Robert Maskew Cowper
Born October 5, 1940, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 68 years 10 days
Major teams Australia, Marylebone Cricket Club, Victoria, Western Australia
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Referee
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
27 |
46 |
2 |
2061 |
307 |
46.84 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
| First-class |
147 |
228 |
31 |
10595 |
307 |
53.78 |
26 |
58 |
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151 |
0 |
| List A |
4 |
4 |
1 |
77 |
33 |
25.66 |
0 |
0 |
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4 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
27 |
36 |
3005 |
1139 |
36 |
4/48 |
7/135 |
31.63 |
2.27 |
83.4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
147 |
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14917 |
5709 |
183 |
7/42 |
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31.19 |
2.29 |
81.5 |
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1 |
0 |
| List A |
4 |
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100 |
59 |
3 |
2/17 |
2/17 |
19.66 |
3.54 |
33.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 2-6, 1964 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 25-30, 1968 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| First-class span |
1959/60 - 1969/70 |
| List A span |
1969/70 - 1969/70 |
ICC match referee statistics
| Test debut |
England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4-8, 1992 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 18-21, 1992 scorecard |
| Test matches |
2 |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v Pakistan at Lord's, May 20, 1992 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Pakistan v West Indies at Johannesburg, Feb 27, 1993 scorecard |
| ODI matches |
12 |
| ODI statistics |
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A stockbroker and merchant banker too intelligent and ambitious to linger long in a game offering such modest financial rewards, Bob Cowper renounced Test cricket at 28, though not before he had built an impressive portfolio of achievement as a left-hand batsman and finger-spinner. His 12-hour 307 against England at Melbourne in February 1966 was the highest Test innings and the only triple-century on Australian soil until Matthew Hayden's 380 in 2003-04. His fertile cricket imagination and sense of injustice at the lot of the average Australian cricketer left a strong impression on Ian Chappell, in time a militant campaigner for the rights of his comrades.
Gideon Haigh
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