Graeme Fowler

England|Opening Batter
Graeme Fowler
INTL CAREER: 1982 - 1986
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Full Name

Graeme Fowler

Born

April 20, 1957, Accrington, Lancashire

Age

66y 334d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Opening Batter

Education

Accrington Grammar School; Durham University

Other

Commentator

"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.
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Graeme Fowler Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests21370130720135.32336238.87381453100
ODIs2626274481*31.00132156.320467142
FC292495271666322635.60--3685--1525
List A31530615892313630.66--953--1015

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests21318110---3.66-000
ODIs26------------
FC292-407366102/34-36.605.3940.7-00
List A315-610---1.00-000
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England's players sported blue caps for Cricket United day
Joe Root bats as Nick Compton and Graeme Fowler look on
Graeme Fowler joined England's training session
Graeme Fowler takes a breather
Graeme Fowler takes the plaudits on reaching his double hundred
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