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| Full name | Mathew Peter Dowman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1974 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), 20 May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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.[2]
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.[3]