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Bob Cowper
Australia
Player profile
Full name Robert Maskew Cowper
Born October 5, 1940, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 68 years 2 days
Major teams Australia, Marylebone Cricket Club, Victoria, Western Australia
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Referee
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
27 |
46 |
2 |
2061 |
307 |
46.84 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
| First-class |
147 |
228 |
31 |
10595 |
307 |
53.78 |
26 |
58 |
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151 |
0 |
| List A |
4 |
4 |
1 |
77 |
33 |
25.66 |
0 |
0 |
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4 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
27 |
36 |
3005 |
1139 |
36 |
4/48 |
7/135 |
31.63 |
2.27 |
83.4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
147 |
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14917 |
5709 |
183 |
7/42 |
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31.19 |
2.29 |
81.5 |
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1 |
0 |
| List A |
4 |
|
100 |
59 |
3 |
2/17 |
2/17 |
19.66 |
3.54 |
33.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 2-6, 1964 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 25-30, 1968 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| First-class span |
1959/60 - 1969/70 |
| List A span |
1969/70 - 1969/70 |
ICC match referee statistics
| Test debut |
England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4-8, 1992 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 18-21, 1992 scorecard |
| Test matches |
2 |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v Pakistan at Lord's, May 20, 1992 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Pakistan v West Indies at Johannesburg, Feb 27, 1993 scorecard |
| ODI matches |
12 |
| ODI statistics |
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A stockbroker and merchant banker too intelligent and ambitious to linger long in a game offering such modest financial rewards, Bob Cowper renounced Test cricket at 28, though not before he had built an impressive portfolio of achievement as a left-hand batsman and finger-spinner. His 12-hour 307 against England at Melbourne in February 1966 was the highest Test innings and the only triple-century on Australian soil until Matthew Hayden's 380 in 2003-04. His fertile cricket imagination and sense of injustice at the lot of the average Australian cricketer left a strong impression on Ian Chappell, in time a militant campaigner for the rights of his comrades.
Gideon Haigh
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