Ed Cowan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ed Cowan
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 16, 1982(1982-06-16)
Age	42
Birthplace	Australia
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Gemini

Ed Cowan Biography

Ed Cowan is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on June 16, 1982 in Australia, Australia. Opening batsman who made his domestic debut in 2003 for Oxford MCCU.

In a notable match against India, he scored 38 in his fourth test before being bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin.

When he was called from the SCG Members bar in 2005 to field as the 13th man for Australia against Pakistan for five minutes, he refused to keep the gear he was offered because Cowan did not believe he deserved it. Then, when NSW prematurely presented him with his baggy blue after he was picked as 12th man for the state’s one-day team, he marched into Cricket NSW boss Dave Gilbert’s office and handed it back, saying he would accept it when he was entitled to wear the cap.

Cowan attended Tudor House School in Moss Vale and Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill where he played in the school 1st XI aged only 14, and scored 218 not out, and went on to the under-17 New South Wales championships. While in Year 12 he was selected to play for the Australian under 19s side to tour Sri Lanka. He played for the University of Sydney Cricket Club and made his debut for NSW in 2005.

He married TV and radio voice Virginia Lette, and had his first child in 2012.

Ed Cowan Net Worth

Ed Cowan is one of the richest Cricket Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ed Cowan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played in the U-17 South Wales Championship after attending Tudor House School and Cranbrook School.

He made his national test debut in 2011 against India.

Edward James McKenzie Cowan (born 16 June 1982) is a former Australian cricketer, who has played for the British Universities, New South Wales (NSW), Tasmania, Oxford MCCU and Nottinghamshire teams. He is a left handed opening batsman. In March 2018, he announced his retirement from first-class cricket.

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Who is Ed Cowan Dating?

According to our records, Ed Cowan married to Virginia Lette. As of December 1, 2023, Ed Cowan’s is not dating anyone.

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His maiden Test century came on 12 November 2012, a year to the day after the death of his mentor and former teacher Peter Roebuck; Cowan dedicated the century to Roebuck’s memory. Cowan was criticized after being unable to follow up with another century in the remaining tests against South Africa. Cowan finished the series with 228 runs in five innings, these included the debut test ton and a half century in the last match at the WACA.

Facts & Trivia

Ed Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Ed Cowan celebrates birthday on June 16 of every year.

Cowan played every match for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup. His best performance of the tournament came against Tasmania when he came in late in the innings to score an unbeaten 51 runs off 32 balls, including five fours and a six. At the end of the tournament he was controversially left out of New South Wales’ side for the first match of the Sheffield Shield in favour of the younger Daniel Hughes despite being the top run-scorer of the entire tournament in the previous season. Australian captain Steve Smith took responsibility for the decision saying that he wanted to see more of Hughes as he felt Hughes had the potential to become an international player for Australia.

What is a Cowan in cricket?

In internet parlance, a Cowan is when a batter faces 100 balls in a Test match innings for not many runs.

How many Tests did Ed Cowan play?

FormatMatRuns
Test| 18| 1001
FC| 143| 10097
List A| 98| 2984
T20| 16| 229

Where does the name Cowan come from?

As a Scottish or Irish surname The name Cowan is first seen in the historical record in the UK and Ireland among Briton people in the Scottish and English borderlands. It derives from the old Gaelic MacEoghain or MacEoin (the “mac” prefix meaning “son of”) or the Gaelic given name Eoghan.

How common is the surname Cowan?

In the United States, the name Cowan is the 1,008th most popular surname with an estimated 29,844 people with that name.