1. Douglas Robert Brown was born on 29 October 1969 and is a Scottish former cricketer and former head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team.
10 Facts About Dougie Brown
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Dougie Brown represented the Scottish national team as an all-rounder at One Day International and Twenty20 International level, having earlier played One Day International cricket for England in 1997 and 1998.
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Dougie Brown first came to the attention of Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1992 whilst playing for Scotland, he signed for the county and made his debut in the same year.
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Dougie Brown went on to spend his entire career with the county, for whom he has scored over 12500 runs and taken over 850 wickets at first-class and list A cricket.
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In 1997 Dougie Brown was named in England's one-day squad for four nations Champions Trophy at Sharjah.
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Dougie Brown dismissed Philo Wallace with the opening ball of the game before going on to dismiss his Warwickshire teammate Brian Lara, then at the height of his powers, leg before wicket two balls later.
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Dougie Brown played for Scotland in the 2005 ICC Trophy, taking 11 wickets in the tournament, and scoring 59 runs in the final, to help Scotland win the competition.
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Dougie Brown was sacked despite having had success with the team by winning won two trophies, the T20 Blast in 2014 and 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup.
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In January 2017, Dougie Brown was appointed head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team, succeeding interim coach Owais Shah.
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Dougie Brown moved on from UAE Cricket in 2020 and is actively involved with the PSL and RedBear Consulting in the UAE.