Chris Cowdrey
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| Test debut (cap 510) | 28 November 1984 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 21 July 1988 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 78) | 23 January 1985 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 February 1985 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1991 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Stuart Cowdrey (born 20 October 1957) is a former English cricketer. Cowdrey played for
Life and career
After a good season for Kent in
A newspaper article penned by Cowdrey landed him in trouble in the corridors at Lord's and, in 1990, he joined a rebel tour to South Africa.[2]
Colin and Chris Cowdrey were only the second father and son combination to have both captained England, emulating
In 1986, Cowdrey produced a volume of autobiography, appropriately titled Good Enough, taken from his usual response to comments that he was not as good as his father. Cricket writer Colin Bateman stated, "Cowdrey was fortunate to play Test cricket at all, but he did not deserve the shabby treatment which ended his brief England career".[2]
Cowdrey's son Fabian Cowdrey was awarded a first-team contract at Kent in October 2011, before his May 2012 debut, becoming the fourth Cowdrey to play for the county side and the third generation of the same family to feature on a Kent team sheet.
Honours
- He was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2011.[6]
References
- ^ "Chris Cowdrey". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ISBN 0720716756
- ^ Match Report West Indies 1988. Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 22 May 2018.
- ^ Chris Cowdrey. Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 22 May 2018.
- ^ "MCC Honorary Life Members". The Marylebone Cricket Club. Retrieved 31 May 2022.