(1932-12-24)24 December 1932 Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, British India
Died
4 December 2000(2000-12-04) (aged 67) Littlehampton, West Sussex, England
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm leg spin
Role
Batsman
International information
National side
England
Test debut (cap 379)
26 November 1954 v Australia
Last Test
13 February 1975 v Australia
Only ODI (cap 2)
5 January 1971 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1950–1976
Kent
1951-1960
Gentlemen
1952–1975
Marylebone Cricket Club
1952–1954
Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
114
1
692
87
Runs scored
7,624
1
42,719
1,978
Batting average
44.06
1.00
42.89
29.52
100s/50s
22/38
0/0
107/231
3/12
Top score
182
1
307
116
Balls bowled
119
–
4,876
59
Wickets
0
–
65
3
Bowling average
–
–
51.21
14.33
5 wickets in innings
–
–
0
0
10 wickets in match
–
–
0
0
Best bowling
–
–
4/22
1/0
Catches/stumpings
120/–
0/–
638/–
38/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 December 2022
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE (24 December 1932 – 4 December 2000)[1] was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1976, and in 114 Test matches for England from 1954 to 1975. He was born in Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, British India and died in Littlehampton, West Sussex.
Cowdrey was a right-handed batsman who played in 692 first-class matches. He scored 42,719 career runs at an average of 42.89 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 307 as one of 107 centuries. He was an occasional right-arm leg spin bowler, taking 65 first-class wickets with a best innings return of 4/22. An outstanding slip fielder, he held 638 career catches. Cowdrey was the first player to make 100 appearances in Test cricket and also the first batsman to score a Test century, both home and away, against six other countries.
^"Colin Cowdrey". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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