19 Facts About Ed Cowan

Edward James McKenzie Cowan was born on 16 June 1982 and is an Australian former cricketer, who played domestically mainly for New South Wales and Tasmania as a left handed opening batsman.

Ed 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.

Ed Cowan played for the University of Sydney Cricket Club, and made his debut for NSW in 2005.

In 2009, Ed Cowan joined the Tasmanian Tigers where a successful season saw him score 225 vs South Australia in his first game at home.

Ed Cowan was selected for Australia A in June 2010 to play Sri Lanka, where he scored a century in a convincing series win.

Ed Cowan made his Test cricket debut for Australia in the 2011 Boxing Day Test against India.

Ed Cowan's selection followed a season in which, to that point, he had averaged 64.22 in first class matches.

Ed Cowan played in all four Tests of the series, opening the batting with David Warner.

Ed Cowan had less fortune in the Tour of the West Indies later that year, scoring only a half century.

Ed Cowan was criticised after being unable to follow up with another century in the remaining tests against South Africa.

Ed 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.

Ed Cowan had a bad start to the series against Sri Lanka making 4 on his home turf in the first innings.

Ed Cowan made sure he did not have another failure in the second innings by posting 56 in an opening stand worth 132 with partner David Warner.

Ed Cowan scored 86 runs off 238 deliveries in Mohali during the Australian's tour of India.

Ed Cowan played one match in the losing series, scoring 0 and 14 in each innings in what subsequently turned out to be his final appearance for the national team.

Ed Cowan is married to Australian television and radio presenter Virginia Lette.

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 Ed Cowan did not believe he deserved it.

Ed Cowan has faced difficulties by stating in an interview with The Australian, "Perception is often reality when it comes to selection," Cowan wrote.

Ed Cowan featured in the 2015 documentary on cricket Death of a Gentleman.