Craig Piers Crowe is an English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Crowe is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born at Leicester

Leicester

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, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

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Crowe made his List-A debut for the Leicestershire Cricket Board

Leicestershire Cricket Board

The Leicestershire & Rutland Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic counties of Leicestershire and Rutland....

 against Durham Cricket Board

Durham Cricket Board

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 in the 2000 NatWest Trophy

2000 NatWest Trophy

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. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List-A matches, the last of which came against the Kent Cricket Board

Kent Cricket Board

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 in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

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 which was played in 2002. In his 4 List-A matches, he scored 79 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 19.75, with a high score of 35.

In 2007, Crowe made his debut for Berkshire

Berkshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 2007 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties

Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club

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. From 2007 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Minor Counties Championships matches. He has also represented Berkshire in 13 MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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 matches from 2007 to present.

Crowe has also played Second XI cricket for the Leciestershire Second XI

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....

, Somerset Second XI

Somerset County Cricket Club

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, Derbyshire Second XI

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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, Sussex Second XI

Sussex County Cricket Club

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, Nottinghamshire Second XI

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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 and the Worcestershire Second XI

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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Family

His brother Carl

Carl Crowe

Carl Daniel Crowe is an English cricketer. Crowe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire....

 has played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 for Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 and has also represented Berkshire in Minor Counties and List-A cricket.

External links

• Craig Crowe at Cricinfo
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• Craig Crowe at CricketArchive
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