Ashley Cowan


Ashley Cowan was an English cricketer between 1995 and 2005. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
He played for Essex throughout the whole of his career between 1995 and his benefit season of 2006. His debut first-class match, against Derbyshire, came in August 1995. In the latter stages of his first-class career he fluctuated between Division Two and Division One with his team, finally finishing midtable in the 2005 Frizell County Championship second division.
He no longer plays first-class cricket as of 2006, his career accolades including a Benson and Hedges Cup final appearance during 1998 in which he finished not out at the close of the innings, thus sealing a comfortable win for his Essex side. Cowan was a talented player who never really worked that hard at the training side of the game. He was a regular in the pubs having a beer and a fag and always happy to talk to cricket fans.
Trivia
His benefit year was sponsored by a local strip club in Chelmsford, and an escort agency, night owls, in wickford.
Interviewed by Anglia Television in 2003, he stated that he had often considered training as a priest. This was something of a surprise to some of his colleagues.