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Colin Cowdrey

Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge
Personal information
Full name Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge
Born (1932-12-24)24 December 1932
Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, British India
Died 4 December 2000(2000-12-04) (aged 67)
Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, UK
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg spin
Role Top Order Batsman
International information
National side
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
1952–1975 MCC
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
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/22 1/0
Catches/stumpings 120/– 0/– 638/– 38/–
Source: CricInfo, 10 March 2017

Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE (24 December 1932 – 4 December 2000) played for Oxford University Cricket Club (1952–54), Kent County Cricket Club (1950-76) and the England cricket team (1954–75). Better known as Colin Cowdrey, he "delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a fielder, breaking another Hammond record. Cowdrey made 22 Test centuries (an England record until 2013) and was the first batsman to make centuries against the six other Test playing countries of his era; Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, India and Pakistan, making hundreds against them all both home and away. He toured Australia six times in 1954-55, 1958-59, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1970-71 and 1974-75, equalling Colin Blythe's record, and in his last Test fans hung out a banner 'M.C.G. FANS THANK COLIN – 6 TOURS'.

In the First Test at Edgbaston in 1957 Cowdrey added 411 runs in 511 minutes with Peter May against the West Indies, the third highest stand in Test cricket at the time, the highest for the fourth wicket until 2009, the highest stand for England, and the highest stand against the West Indies. His highest first class score was 307 against South Australia on the MCC tour of Australia in 1962-63, the highest score for the Marylebone Cricket Club overseas and the highest by a tourist in Australia.


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