da spicy bet： Somerset’s Peter Bowler, the oldest player on the county circuit, has announced he will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the season
da pinup bet： Wisden Cricinfo staff04-Aug-2004
Peter Bowler – the elder statesman is bowing out© Getty Images
Somerset’s Peter Bowler, the oldest player on the county circuit, has announced he will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the season.Bowler, 41, made his debut for Leicestershire against Hampshire at Grace Road in 1986, before going on to represent Derbyshire and Tasmania in a 19-year career. Somerset’s current match against Glamorgan at Taunton is his 314th first-class appearance.”Peter has had a wonderful professional cricketing career,” said Peter Anderson, Somerset’s chief executive. “He wishes to play for the remainder of the season, but accepts it is a matter of form and whether he is picked. The club wishes to mark the retirement of a wonderful player in a suitable manner at the end of the season.”Bowler has scored nearly 20,000 first-class runs at an average in excess of 40, and has made 45 hundreds and 98 fifties. “[That average] is the hallmark of a really good player,” added Bowler. “Some may say he was unlucky not to get an international cap.”
