Dean Cosker

Dean Cosker

Personal information
Full name	Dean Andrew Cosker
Born	(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 Weymouth, England
Nickname	Lurks
Height
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996–	Glamorgan (squad no. 23)
First-class debut	25 July 1996 Glamorgan v Lancashire
List A debut	11 August 1996 Glamorgan v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 225 235 90 Runs scored 3,017 804 143 Batting average 14.36 11.32 15.88 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0 Top score 52 50* 21* Balls bowled 41,739 9,847 1,595 Wickets 547 240 68 Bowling average 36.28 32.91 30.11 5 wickets in innings 9 1 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/91 5/54 3/11 Catches/stumpings 133/0 89/0 26/0
Source: [1], 4 October 2013

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

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 2000-2005, 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.

Career best performances

as of 25 October 2012

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	52	Glamorgan v Gloucestershire	Bristol	2005	6-91	Glamorgan v Essex	Cardiff	2009
LA	50*	Glamorgan Dragons v Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Northampton	2010	5-54	Glamorgan v Essex	Chelmsford	2003
T20	21*	Glamorgan Dragons v Somerset	Taunton	2011	3-11	Glamorgan Dragons v Middlesex Panthers	Richmond	2011