Full Name

Norman George Cowans

Born

April 17, 1961, Enfield, St Mary, Jamaica

Age

62y 337d

Nicknames

Flash

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

6ft 3in

Education

Park High Secondary

Norman Cowans was born in Jamaica but his family moved to England when he was 11, and he was only 21 - and had taken only 43 first-class wickets - when England took a punt on his raw pace for the Ashes tour of 1982-83. He responded with 6 for 77 in the second innings of England's thrilling, three-run victory at Melbourne, but he never reached those heights again, and his Test career was, perhaps surprisingly, over before he turned 25. He continued to serve Middlesex, and latterly Hampshire, even though he lost his pace and became a seamer. He won three Championships with Middlesex, and was not a bad one-day player either - in the 1983 B&H final he took 4 for 39, including three wickets at the death, as Middlesex scraped past Essex, one of four limited-overs titles he helped win. He was a genuine No. 11, although his sole first-class fifty - for Middlesex against Surrey at Lord's in 1984 - was slogged off only 19 balls, including heaving Sylvester Clarke into and over the Grandstand several times.
Martin Williamson

Norman Cowans Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests193634522003516/778/14639.273.4867.6020
ODIs23231282913233/443/4439.694.2755.7000
FC239-33023164616626/31-24.862.9949.8-231
List A224-1112871892636/96/927.333.8742.3810

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests19297175367.9537746.410025390
ODIs2383134*2.602944.82000050
FC239248681605668.91--01--630
List A2248030281275.62--00--400
Norman Cowans portrait

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Debut/Last Matches of Norman Cowans

Recent Matches of Norman Cowans

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Hampshire vs Essex--1/4116-May-1995SouthamptonList A
Hampshire vs Kent6*0/3206-Jul-1994SouthamptonList A
Hampshire vs Cambs--2/2121-Jun-1994MarchList A
Hampshire vs WORCS--4/3607-Jun-1994WorcesterList A
Hampshire vs Essex--1/2624-May-1994SouthamptonList A

Photos of Norman Cowans

Norman Cowans, the former Middlesex and England fast bowler
Norman Cowans and Steve Malone at the Rose Bowl
Norman Cowans
Norman Cowans
Gordon Greenidge hooks Norman Cowans
Gordon Greenidge pulls Norman Cowans