Dean Cosker

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Dean Cosker

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Dean Andrew Cosker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|1|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Weymouth, Dorset, England

| nickname = Lurks

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 11

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Glamorgan

| year1 = {{nowrap|1996–2016}}

| clubnumber1 = 23

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 25 July

| debutyear1 = 1996

| debutfor1 = Glamorgan

| debutagainst1 = Lancashire

| lastdate1 = 19 July

| lastyear1 = 2015

| lastfor1 = Glamorgan

| lastagainst1 = Lancashire

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 11 August

| debutyear2 = 1996

| debutfor2 = Glamorgan

| debutagainst2 = Leicestershire

| lastdate2 = 14 June

| lastyear2 = 2016

| lastfor2 = Glamorgan

| lastagainst2 = Middlesex

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 248

| runs1 = 3,444

| bat avg1 = 14.78

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 69

| deliveries1 = 45,348

| wickets1 = 597

| bowl avg1 = 36.31

| fivefor1 = 12

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 6/91

| catches/stumpings1 = 150/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 252

| runs2 = 827

| bat avg2 = 10.88

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 50*

| deliveries2 = 10,580

| wickets2 = 260

| bowl avg2 = 32.81

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 5/54

| catches/stumpings2 = 91/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 128

| runs3 = 173

| bat avg3 = 15.72

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 21*

| deliveries3 = 2,334

| wickets3 = 100

| bowl avg3 = 30.32

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 4/25

| catches/stumpings3 = 38/–

| date = 18 August

| year = 2016

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2343/2343.html CricketArchive

}}

Dean Andrew Cosker (born 7 January 1978) is an English cricket referee and former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for Glamorgan. He has played in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. He attended Millfield School in Somerset between 1991 and 1996.

He made his first-class debut in 1996 against Lancashire at Cardiff taking 6 wickets in the match. Soon after Cosker toured with England Under-19 cricket team in their tour of Pakistan.

In 1997 he was given a longer run in the Glamorgan side as Robert Croft was playing for England. Cosker spent the next couple of winters touring with the England A squad to East Africa, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Cosker won his county cap in 2000 and became a key member of Glamorgan's highly successful one-day team between 2000 and 2005, where his accurate bowling, often in tandem with Robert Croft, and fielding backward of square on the off side were key to Glamorgan's success.

In September 2013, as new contract negotiations stalled, Cosker claimed his 500th first-class wicket for Glamorgan.

In August 2016 Cosker announced his retirement from cricket.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1047501.html |title=Dean Cosker retires after 21-year career |accessdate=18 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In 2017 he was appointed by the England and Wales Cricket Board as a cricket liaison officer.{{cite web |url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/334392 |title=Five more Cricket Liaison Officers to support the First Class game |website=ECB |date=17 February 2017 |accessdate=26 September 2019}}