Mathew Peter Dowman (born 10 May 1974) is a retired English

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er. Born in

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

, Dowman was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Having started his career at Under-19 level, and including at this stage in his career a top score of 267 for England under-19s against the West Indies in

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in 1993, at that point a youth "Test" record. A year later he started playing for

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

. Having a successful spell at the team, including a county high score of 149 against

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, and best bowling figures of 3/10, he continued to play first-class cricket until 2002, including a spell with

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near the end of his career. He continued to play

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cricket for

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

and built up a steady playing partnership with

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during Lincolnshire's

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win in 2003.

External links

Mathew Dowman
at Cricket-Online

References

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