Dean Cosker

Dean Andrew Cosker (born 7 January 1978) is an English cricket referee and former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for Glamorgan. He has played in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. He attended Millfield School in Somerset between 1991 and 1996.

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Personal information
Full name	Dean Andrew Cosker
Born	(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 48) Weymouth, Dorset, England
Nickname	Lurks
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996–2016	Glamorgan (squad no. 23)
FC debut	25 July 1996 Glamorgan v Lancashire
Last FC	19 July 2015 Glamorgan v Lancashire
LA debut	11 August 1996 Glamorgan v Leicestershire
Last LA	14 June 2016 Glamorgan v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 248 252 128 Runs scored 3,444 827 173 Batting average 14.78 10.88 15.72 100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/0 Top score 69 50* 21* Balls bowled 45,348 10,580 2,334 Wickets 597 260 100 Bowling average 36.31 32.81 30.32 5 wickets in innings 12 1 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/91 5/54 4/25 Catches/stumpings 150/– 91/– 38/–
Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	248	252	128
Runs scored	3,444	827	173
Batting average	14.78	10.88	15.72
100s/50s	0/2	0/1	0/0
Top score	69	50*	21*
Balls bowled	45,348	10,580	2,334
Wickets	597	260	100
Bowling average	36.31	32.81	30.32
5 wickets in innings	12	1	0
10 wickets in match	1	0	0
Best bowling	6/91	5/54	4/25
Catches/stumpings	150/–	91/–	38/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 August 2016
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He made his first-class debut in 1996 against Lancashire at Cardiff taking 6 wickets in the match. Soon after Cosker toured with England Under-19 cricket team in their tour of Pakistan.

In 1997 he was given a longer run in the Glamorgan side as Robert Croft was playing for England. Cosker spent the next couple of winters touring with the England A squad to East Africa, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Cosker won his county cap in 2000 and became a key member of Glamorgan's highly successful one-day team between 2000 and 2005, where his accurate bowling, often in tandem with Robert Croft, and fielding backward of square on the off side were key to Glamorgan's success.

In September 2013, as new contract negotiations stalled, Cosker claimed his 500th first-class wicket for Glamorgan.

In August 2016 Cosker announced his retirement from cricket.^[1] In 2017 he was appointed by the England and Wales Cricket Board as a cricket liaison officer.^[2]

• Dean Cosker at ESPNcricinfo

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