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CHRIS COWDREY |
| Chris Cowdrey, born in 1957 is the eldest son of cricket legend Lord Cowdrey. |
| Chris played for Kent, Glamorgan & England. An all-rounder in county cricket, he bowled at a bustling medium pace, was a middle-order hitter & a good fielder. |
| In 1984, Chris Cowdrey was selected for the victorious England tour to India where he played all five Test Matches & three one-day Internationals. With only his fourth ball in Test Cricket, he took the wicket of Kapil Dev in Bombay. |
| Chris is part of the Cowdrey dynasty. His late father Lord Colin played 114 test matches for England & was latterly Chairman of the ICC. Grandfather Stuart Chiesman was Chairman of Kent CCC for 12 years & Chris together with his brother Graham, ensured that a Cowdrey was on the Kent team sheet for 48 successive years. |
| Colin & Chris Cowdrey were only the second father & son combination to have both captained England with Frank & George Mann being the first. Chris also emulated his father by captaining Kent. |
| Chris retired from cricket in 1992 & joined BBC's cricket team on Test Match Special before becoming the lead presenter & commentator for Talksport Radio. He is now a regular summariser on Sky TV. |
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