Carl Daniel Crowe (born 25 November 1975) is an English former

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er. Crowe was a right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler. He was born in

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, Leicestershire. Crowe made his first-class debut for

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in the 1995

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against

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. From 1995 to 2009, he represented the county in 42 first-class matches, the last of which came in the 2009 County Championship when Leicestershire played

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. In his 42 first-class matches, he scored 695 runs at a

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of 15.79, with a high score of 44 *. With the ball he took 60 wickets at a

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of 37.85, with best figures of 4/47. Crowe also represented Leicestershire in 38

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matches, with his debut in that format for the county coming in the 1996

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when Leicestershire played

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. From 1996 to 2009, he represented the county in 38 List-A matches, with his final appearance for the county in that format coming against

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in the

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. In his 38 List-A matches for the county, he scored 184 runs at an average of 18.40, with a high score of 23*. With the ball he took 32 wickets for the county at an average of 32.00, with best figures of 4/30. Crowe also represented Leicestershire in a single

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match in the

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against

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. During the match in scored 9 runs. Crowe left the county at the end of the 2009 season. While representing Leicestershire, Crowe also represented

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in the

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, making his debut for the county in the 2003 Championship against

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. From 2003 to present, he represented has represented the county in 33 Minor Counties Championship matches. Crowe has also played in the

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for Berkshire. His debut in that competition for the county came in 2003 when Berkshire played

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. From 2003 to present, he has represented the county in 27 Trophy matches. He also played a single 2

matches for Berkshire, firstly in the

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against

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and lastly against

in the

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. In his 2 List-A matches he scored 3 runs at an average of 1.50, with a high score of 2. With the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 47. Crowe holds the role of Berkshire player-coach.

Coaching career

He has worked as spin bowling coach for

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Family

His brother Craig has played List-A cricket for the

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, as well as playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire.

References

External links

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