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Full name Norman George Cowans
Born April 17, 1961, Enfield, St Mary, Jamaica
Current age 47 years 179 days
Major teams England,Hampshire,Middlesex
Nickname Flash
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education Park High Secondary
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
29
7
175
36
7.95
377
46.41
0
0
25
3
9
0
ODIs
23
8
3
13
4*
2.60
29
44.82
0
0
0
0
5
0
First-class
239
248
68
1605
66
8.91
0
1
63
0
List A
224
80
30
281
27
5.62
0
0
40
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
19
36
3452
2003
51
6/77
8/146
39.27
3.48
67.6
0
2
0
ODIs
23
23
1282
913
23
3/44
3/44
39.69
4.27
55.7
0
0
0
First-class
239
33023
16461
662
6/31
24.86
2.99
49.8
23
1
List A
224
11128
7189
263
6/9
6/9
27.33
3.87
42.3
8
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Perth, Nov 12-17, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Leeds, Jun 13-18, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 11, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 3, 1985 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1980 - 1994
List A span
1980/81 - 1995
Profile
Norman Cowans was born in Jamaica but his family moved to England when he was 11, and he was only 21 - and had taken only 43 first-class wickets - when England took a punt on his raw pace for the Ashes tour of 1982-83. He responded with 6 for 77 in the second innings of England's thrilling, three-run victory at Melbourne, but he never reached those heights again, and his Test career was, perhaps surprisingly, over before he turned 25. He continued to serve Middlesex, and latterly Hampshire, even though he lost his pace and became a seamer. He won three Championships with Middlesex, and was not a bad one-day player either - in the 1983 B&H final he took 4 for 39, including three wickets at the death, as Middlesex scraped past Essex, one of four limited-overs titles he helped win. He was a genuine No. 11, although his sole first-class fifty - for Middlesex against Surrey at Lord's in 1984 - was slogged off only 19 balls, including heaving Sylvester Clarke into and over the Grandstand several times.
Martin Williamson
