Mathew Dowman

Mathew Peter Dowman (born 10 May 1974) is a retired English cricketer. Born in Grantham, Dowman was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.^[1]

Mathew Dowman

Personal information
Full name	Mathew Peter Dowman
Born	(1974-05-10) 10 May 1974 (age 51) Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium-fast
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993–1999	Nottinghamshire
2000–2002	Derbyshire
2003–2004	Lincolnshire
First-class debut	21 July 1994 Nottinghamshire v Surrey
Last First-class	4 September 2002 Derbyshire v Gloucestershire
List A debut	8 August 1993 Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire
Last List A	5 May 2004 Lincolnshire v Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 101 142 Runs scored 4648 2637 Batting average 27.83 20.92 100s/50s 9/18 0/10 Top score 149 92 Balls bowled 2658 2335 Wickets 35 66 Bowling average 39.82 28.34 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 4/28 4/30 Catches/stumpings 56/– 31/–
Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), 20 May 2012

Having started his career at Under-19 level, and including at this stage in his career a top score of 267 for England under-19s against the West Indies in Hove in 1993, at that point a youth "Test" record. A year later he started playing for Nottinghamshire.^{[citation needed]}

Having a successful spell at the team, including a county high score of 149 against Leicestershire, and best bowling figures of 3/10, he continued to play first-class cricket until 2002, including a spell with Derbyshire near the end of his career.

He continued to play Minor Counties cricket for Lincolnshire and built up a steady playing partnership with Paul Pollard during Lincolnshire's Minor Counties Championship win in 2003.^[2]

External links

• Mathew Dowman at Cricket-Online