bob cowper Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
bob cowper is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Robert Maskew Cowper
Born
October 05, 1940, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Age
83 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Batting Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 27 | - | - | - |
Inn | 46 | - | - | - |
Runs | 2061 | - | - | - |
Avg | 46.84 | - | - | - |
SR | 90.36 | - | - | - |
HS | 307 | - | - | - |
NO | 2 | - | - | - |
100s | 5 | - | - | - |
50s | 10 | - | - | - |
4s | 156 | - | - | - |
6s | 0 | - | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 27 | - | - | - |
Inn | 36 | - | - | - |
Balls | 2757 | - | - | - |
Runs | 1139 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 36 | - | - | - |
BBI | 48 / 4 | - | - | - |
BBM | 135 / 7 | - | - | - |
Eco | 2.48 | - | - | - |
Avg | 31.64 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- DR Cowper
- Australia
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
After the classy triple century, Cowper's spot in the side became cemented. While being a reliable top order batsman, he also chipped in with his priceless off breaks that more often than not gave bonus wickets for Australia. Success came on a consistent basis for Cowper but he had other interests as well. Primarily a banker and a stockbroker, he valued monetary benefits and the sport never really gave him as much as he desired. As a result, he quit international cricket when he was just 28 in 1968. A hand injury also probably played its part in the decision though Cowper always wanted to focus on banking and the stock market. He played a First-class season after his international retirement before quitting the sport altogether. Cowper's stint in business was an extremely successful one and he even returned to cricket as a match referee.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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