England players and officials - select an initial letter: A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
I -
J -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
Y
Full name Graeme Fowler
Born April 20, 1957, Accrington, Lancashire
Current age 51 years 78 days
Major teams England,Durham,Lancashire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Commentator
Education Accrington Grammar School; Durham University
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
37
0
1307
201
35.32
3362
38.87
3
8
145
3
10
0
ODIs
26
26
2
744
81*
31.00
1321
56.32
0
4
67
1
4
2
First-class
292
495
27
16663
226
35.60
36
85
152
5
List A
315
306
15
8923
136
30.66
9
53
101
5
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
3
18
11
0
-
-
-
3.66
-
0
0
0
ODIs
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
292
407
366
10
2/34
36.60
5.39
40.7
0
0
List A
315
6
1
0
-
-
-
1.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Pakistan at Leeds, Aug 26-31, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
India v England at Kanpur, Jan 31-Feb 5, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v New Zealand at Sydney, Jan 20, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI
England v India at Manchester, May 26, 1986 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1979 - 1994
List A span
1978 - 1994
Profile
"Foxy" Fowler was a left-handed opener who apparently played and missed so often that soon even he hardly seemed to know whether he had an elaborate and irritating way of leaving the ball or whether he was phenomenally lucky. When he did make contact, Fowler was impressive, especially off the back foot. But he was certainly lucky that so many potential openers went on the rebel 1981-82 tour of South Africa: all his 21 Tests came while they were banned. His career reached its apogee with his marvellous 201 in the 1984-85 Madras Test (in conditions very foreign to an Accrington lad), but after one more game Graham Gooch came back and Fowler was history. He remained a solid force for Lancashire, and then turned his cheeky-chappie image to good effect as a radio summariser. Matthew Engel
