:Craig Howard (cricketer)

{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1974)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

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| club1 = Victoria

| year1 = 1993-1996

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| date = 10 December

| year = 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5711.html Cricinfo

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Craig Howard (born 8 April 1974) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 16 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1993 and 1996.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5711.html |title=Craig Howard |accessdate=10 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} A leg spin bowler, Howard played for Victoria around the time of Shane Warne's emergence and struggled in comparison.{{cite web |last1=Kimber |first1=Jarrod |title=Not picking the wrong 'un |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jarrod-kimber-on-victoria-legspinner-craig-howard-583036 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2024 |date=15 April 2012}}

Since retiring from playing, Howard has become a spin bowling coach. He has worked as a consultant with Cricket Australia, South Australia, Adelaide Strikers and the New Zealand women's team.{{cite web |title=Dean Brownlie named New Zealand Women's batting coach |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/white-ferns-dean-brownlie-named-new-zealand-women-batting-coach-1346988 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2024 |date=30 November 2022}} In February 2024, he was appointed National Spin Bowling Coach of the Sri Lanka's men team on a two-year contract.{{cite web |title=Craig Howard: The newly appointed National Spin Bowling Coach |url=https://srilankacricket.lk/2024/02/craig-howard-the-newly-appointed-national-spin-bowling-coach/ |publisher=Sri Lanka Cricket |access-date=25 April 2024 |date=5 February 2024}}