Ed Cowan

Australia A's tour of England is destined to attract few headlines, but its potential value to the nation's Ashes quest is immense

As the latest captain tasked with getting the best out of the famously enigmatic Mitchell Johnson, Australia A's leader Ed Cowan has decided on a directive to the left-armer that may be summarised by the following four words: do what you like

In a summer filled with poor weather, organisers of the Cheltenham Festival, just like the Olympics, are praying for just two weeks without rain but it seems even that has been denied to them.

Ed Cowan, the Australian batsman, just happened to be living in Cirencester because of his heavily-pregnant wife. He made a first-class debut for Gloucestershire and promptly won his county cap.

Hamish Marshall led from the front as Gloucestershire boosted their hopes of a quarter-final place with a seven-wicket Friends Life t20 win over Worcestershire

Gloucestershire are on the verge of completing negotiations with Ed Cowan, the Australia Test batsman, to play on a short-term basis ahead of the Australia A tour of England.

Plenty of people were surprised not to see Ed Cowan's name on the list of Cricket Australia's contracted players for 2012-13, released on Friday. Cowan was not one of them

George Bailey and Ed Cowan could be considered unlucky to have missed out on Cricket Australia contracts this year. But if they're good enough, it won't matter.

Ed Cowan, the incumbent Test opener, and Australia's Twenty20 captain George Bailey have missed out on national deals as part of a major reduction of Cricket Australia's contract list

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the third Test in Dominica

Ed Cowan has argued that critics of his and Ricky Ponting's contributions to Australia's Test series in the West Indies are not looking far enough beyond the skeletal facts of the scoreboard

If any two of Australia's squad could be said to have offered the least to the team's progress in the Caribbean, it was Ed Cowan and Ricky Ponting. Until the third day in Dominica

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the third Test in Dominica

West Indies will need to complete their highest successful chase since they rewrote the record books in Antigua nine years ago if they are to level the series against Australia

The opener's series in the Caribbean has been characterised by a number of starts but no major score

Australia's openers have done a good job in shielding the middle order but now they need to covert useful partnerships into more substantial figures

Chris Hartley's sixth first-class century and a strong performance from the Queensland bowlers gave the Bulls the upper hand in the battle for the Sheffield Shield

Ed Cowan and Ricky Ponting both scored centuries to put Tasmania in a strong position to push for victory after two days against Western Australia

The heady feeling of playing in a Test match, which can lay bare your every emotion, is in some ways similar to the early days of a blooming romance