Ashley Cowan
Ashley Cowan (born 7 May 1975) 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.