Peter Bowler
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- Babar Azam
- Fakhar Zaman
- Haris Rauf
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Imam-ul-Haq
- Mohammad Rizwan
- Saud Shakeel
- Shadab Khan
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
Alphabetically sorted top ten of players who have played the most matches across formats in the last 12 months
Full Name
Peter Duncan Bowler
Born
July 30, 1963, Plymouth, Devon
Age
60y 307d
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
A batsman much maligned because for his slow scoring, Devon-born but Australia raised Peter Bowler finished with over 19000 runs at 40.51 in a career which took in three counties and one state.
A self-effacing and amusing character, Bowler recalled one spectator told watching him bat was "like listening to paint dry" but he had his moments. He had played for Australia Under-19s by the time he returned to England to ply his trade, and although he scored a hundred on his county debut for Leicestershire, he soon moved to Derbyshire where he heralded his arrival with two hundreds in his first four outings. In 1994 he again moved, this time to Somerset where he stayed for the remaining decade of his career.
He passed 1000 runs in a season ten times and, despite his reputation, was also a more than useful one-day player, winning twice in five Lord's final appearances.
"I was the greatest generator of income for clubs, greater than Flintoff, Botham and the rest" he told a meeting of the Cricket Society in 2011. "Whenever I went out to bat, the stands emptied and bars and restaurants were filled to capacity."
Since retiring he was worked as a corporate lawyer and more recently a property developer.
Martin Williamson
Peter Bowler Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 318 | 542 | 59 | 19567 | 241* | 40.51 | 45 | 101 | 232 | 1 |
List A | 322 | 314 | 21 | 9362 | 138* | 31.95 | 7 | 72 | 119 | 2 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 318 | 3302 | 2051 | 34 | 3/25 | - | 60.32 | 3.72 | 97.1 | - | 0 | 0 |
List A | 322 | 653 | 531 | 13 | 3/31 | 3/31 | 40.84 | 4.87 | 50.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recent Matches of Peter Bowler
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Somerset vs Yorkshire | 75* | -- | 10-Sep-2004 | Taunton | FC |
Somerset vs Notts | 2 & 1* | -- | 03-Sep-2004 | Nottingham | FC |
Somerset vs Hampshire | 22* & 25 | -- | 18-Aug-2004 | Taunton | FC |
Somerset vs Durham | 30 | 0/2 | 13-Aug-2004 | Chester-le-Street | FC |
Somerset vs Glamorgan | 86 & 55 | -- | 03-Aug-2004 | Taunton | FC |