Providence Cowdrill

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}

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| name = Providence Cowdrill

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| fullname = Providence Ann Courtenay Cowdrill

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|3|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Frimley, Surrey, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg break

| role = Bowler

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| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|2015–2020}}

| club2 = Southern Vipers

| year2 = 2020

| columns = 2

| column1 = WLA

| matches1 = 33

| runs1 = 169

| bat avg1 = 14.08

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 33*

| deliveries1 = 1,082

| wickets1 = 42

| bowl avg1 = 15.73

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/19

| catches/stumpings1 = 13/–

| column2 = WT20

| matches2 = 23

| runs2 = 103

| bat avg2 = 25.75

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 25

| deliveries2 = 383

| wickets2 = 37

| bowl avg2 = 9.13

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/27

| catches/stumpings2 = 11/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1116/1116292/1116292.html CricketArchive

| date = 28 March

| year = 2021

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Providence Ann Courtenay Cowdrill (born 31 March 1999) is an English cricketer who plays as a right-arm leg break bowler. She has played for Hampshire and Southern Vipers.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/916273.html|title=Player Profile: Providence Cowdrill|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1116/1116292/1116292.html|title=Player Profile: Providence Cowdrill|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}

Early life

Cowdrill was born on 31 March 1999 in Frimley, Surrey.

Domestic career

Cowdrill made her county debut in 2015, for Hampshire against Devon, and took 3/7 from 1.5 overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/746/746032.html|title=Hampshire Women v Devon Women, 16 August 2015|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} In 2016, she hit her Twenty20 high score, of 33* against Wales.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/909/909377.html|title=Hampshire Women v Wales Women, 30 May 2016|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} In 2017, Cowdrill took 10 wickets at an average of 18.60 in the County Championship as Hampshire were promoted to Division 1.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/29/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2017/Hampshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Hampshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/29/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2017.html|title=Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017 Points Tables|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} The following season, Cowdrill was the joint-leading wicket-taker across the whole competition in the Twenty20 Cup, with 15 wickets including 6/27 against Somerset, as well as taking 9 wickets as Hampshire won Division 1 of the County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/Vitality_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2018/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1063/1063200.html|title=Somerset Women v Hampshire Women, 17 June 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2018/Hampshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Hampshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} In 2019, she was Hampshire's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup and joint-leading wicket-taker in the County Championship, with 12 wickets in each of the competitions.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2019/Hampshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Hampshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Vitality_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2019/Hampshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Hampshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}

In 2020, Cowdrill played for Southern Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in three matches as the side won the competition, taking 3 wickets at an average of 24.33.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13711;team=6009;type=tournament|title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020 - Southern Vipers|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=28 March 2021}}

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