10 Facts About Chris Cowdrey

Christopher Stuart Cowdrey was born on 20 October 1957 and is a former English cricketer.

Chris Cowdrey is the eldest son of the cricketer and life peer, Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge.

Chris Cowdrey's father was listening to Test Match Special in his car and was so surprised that he drove the wrong way down a one-way street.

In that year Chris Cowdrey, who had taken Kent to the top of the County Championship table, was given the job to lead the Test side in the fourth Test of a five match series against the West Indies.

Chris Cowdrey was never chosen to captain or play for England again.

Colin and Chris Cowdrey were only the second father and son combination to have both captained England, emulating Frank and George Mann.

Chris Cowdrey was captain of Kent from 1986 until 1990.

Chris Cowdrey retired in 1992 after a single season at Glamorgan, and has since been a broadcaster for TalkSport, as well as the occasional project with Sky Sports.

In 1986, Chris Cowdrey produced a volume of autobiography, appropriately titled Good Enough, taken from his usual response to comments that he was not as good as his father.

Cricket writer Colin Bateman stated, "Chris Cowdrey was fortunate to play Test cricket at all, but he did not deserve the shabby treatment which ended his brief England career".