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Mark Cosgrove

Mark Cosgrove
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Personal information
Full name Mark James Cosgrove
Born (1984-06-14) 14 June 1984 (age 32)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nickname Cozzie
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 160) 28 April 2006 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 16 September 2006 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003–2010 South Australia
2006 Glamorgan
2009–2011 Glamorgan
2010–2014 Tasmania
2011–2012 Hobart Hurricanes
2012–2013 Sydney Thunder
2013–2014 Sydney Sixers
2014–2016 South Australia
2014–2015 Sydney Thunder
2015–present Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 3 184 137 98
Runs scored 112 12,879 4,043 2,126
Batting average 37.33 41.81 31.58 23.88
100s/50s 0/1 33/73 4/31 0/10
Top score 74 233 121 89
Balls bowled 30 4,060 1,067 197
Wickets 1 51 18 10
Bowling average 13.00 44.56 63.38 32.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/1 3/3 2/21 2/11
Catches/stumpings 0/– 124/– 42/– 21/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 April 2017

Mark James Cosgrove (born 14 June 1984, in Elizabeth, South Australia) is an Australian first-class cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler. In 2005 Cosgrove was named the Bradman Young Player of the Year. Nevertheless, he was dropped from the state squad in early 2005 because of claims that he was overweight, but was reinstated a few months later.

Cosgrove debuted internationally with a One Day International against Bangladesh at Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah on 28 April 2006, responding with an aggressive half-century. He was signed by Glamorgan in 2006 for the English summer, and was regarded as a dark horse for selection in the 2007 World Cup; however, a poor 2006–07 season with South Australia meant he was not selected.

In 2007 he declined an offer to return to Glamorgan, instead joining the Centre of Excellence in Australia at the request of national chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch. On 25 July 2007, Cosgrove was suspended from the Centre of Excellence for disciplinary reasons. On 28 September 2009 he once again signed to Glamorgan as their overseas player for the summer season.

On 13 April 2010, while still only 25, Cosgrove was overlooked on a contract with South Australia and ended an eventful eight years with the state. Jamie Cox, the state's director of cricket, said he had not fulfilled his potential. "Mark has made a valuable contribution to South Australian cricket over many years, and I certainly hope there are other opportunities out there for him," Cox said. "We have worked hard with him during this time, but the unfortunate reality is that we were unable to help him fulfil his full potential."


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