(1961-04-17) 17 April 1961 (age 63) St. Mary, Jamaica
Nickname
Flash
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm fast
Role
Bowler
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1980–1993
Middlesex
1993–1995
Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
19
23
239
224
Runs scored
175
13
1,605
281
Batting average
7.95
2.60
8.91
5.62
100s/50s
0/0
0/0
0/1
0/0
Top score
36
4*
66
27
Balls bowled
3,452
1,282
33,023
11128
Wickets
51
23
662
263
Bowling average
39.27
39.69
24.86
27.33
5 wickets in innings
2
0
23
1
10 wickets in match
0
0
1
0
Best bowling
6/77
3/44
6/31
6/9
Catches/stumpings
9/–
5/–
63/–
40/-
Source: CricInfo, 26 November 2017
Norman George Cowans (born 17 April 1961) is a former cricketer who mainly played as a right-arm fast bowler. He was the 500th cricketer to play Test cricket for England, featuring between 1982 and 1985 in 19 Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals.[1] Cowans also played first-class and List A cricket for both Middlesex and Hampshire.[2]
He won four County Championship titles along with four limited-overs titles with Middlesex. Andrew Miller of CricInfo described him as "an integral member of the most successful Middlesex team of all time." Cowans picked up a sum of 532 first-class and 212 List A wickets in a combined 362 appearances for the said side.[3][4]
^"Norman Cowans". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
^"The king of swing". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^Fraser, Angus (29 October 2020). "NORMAN COWANS LOOKS BACK ON HIS MIDDLESEX & ENGLAND CAREERS". Middlesex County Cricket Club.
^Miller, Andrew (6 April 2021). "Norman Cowans: 'Kids need a pathway, and a feeling that they belong'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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