Australian cricketer Ed Cowan announced his retirement from the professional cricket. 35-years old left-handed opening batsman played 18 Tests for Australia where he scored 1,001 runs with the average of 31.28 including the only century and 6 half-centuries.

Ed Cowan made his international cricket debut in the 2011 Boxing Day Test against India at Melbourne. His last Test was the 2013 Ashes series at Nottingham. His best Test knock was 136 runs against South Africa at Brisbane in November 2012.

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Cowan played total 143 first-class matches where he scored 10,097 runs with the average of 41.89. While he scored 25 centuries and 48 half-centuries in his entire first-class career, 225 was his highest knock.

Cowan was the most runs-scorer in 2016/17 Sheffield Shield, where he scored total 959 runs with the average of 73.76.

In his domestic career, Cowan played for New South Wales (2005-2009 & 2015-2018) and Tasmania (2009-2015). Cowan also played the English county cricket for Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire.

Cowan also played 98 List A matches and 16 T20 matches where he scored 2,984 runs (average 36.83) and 229 runs (average 16.35) respectively.

After announcing the retirement, Cowan said according to the ESPNCricinfo, “It’s been a wonderful journey and I’m grateful for all those who contributed along the way. I’ll always cherish the great memories and friendships that the game has afforded me. I feel incredibly lucky to have played around the world with so many great people over such a long period of time.”

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Cowan thanked his domestic teams New South Wales and Tasmania for supporting him in the entire career. He quoted, “I’m indebted to NSW Cricket, which invested a lot of time, money and energy in me from a young age. It’s equally as important to recognise everyone at Cricket Tasmania, who were hugely formative in my career.”

Cowan also spoke out that he will continue to play Premier Cricket with Sydney University for the remainder of this season. The left-handed batsman said, “I have loved the game from my earliest days and feel incredibly lucky to still do so. At this stage, I will continue to play Premier Cricket with Sydney University for the remainder of this season and beyond as we aim for successive titles.”

Andrew Jones, the CEO of Cricket NSW, praised Ed Cowan for his achievements. Jones said, “Ed is a great example of what hard work, self-belief and an ongoing desire to learn can achieve. He continued to be attracted by the quest to master batting even after playing for Australia and retires at or near the top of his game. Ed should be proud of his achievements playing for NSW, Tasmania and Australia and scoring more than 10,000 first-class runs. He will remain a valued member of the NSW cricket family.”

Now briefly look at the Ed Cowan’s professional cricketing career stats: