Uton Dowe
Uton George Dowe (born 29 March 1949) is a former Jamaican cricketer. He played four Tests for the West Indies as a fast bowler from 1971 to 1973.
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Full name | Uton George Dowe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica | 29 March 1949||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 140) | 1 April 1971 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 February 1973 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1969/70-1976/77 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 February 2019 |
He played for Jamaica from the 1969–70 season to the 1976–77 season. He was the leading wicket-taker in the 1970–71 Shell Shield season, with 24 wickets at 15.75, including 2 for 34 and 7 for 19 in the match against Combined Leeward and Windward Islands,[1] a performance which was immediately rewarded with his Test debut in the Fourth Test against India, in which he took 4 for 69 and 1 for 22.[2]
Despite his short Test career, Dowe is famous for the so-called 11th commandment, 'Dowe shalt not bowl', dished out to him by spectators in his final Test match against Australia in 1972-73, in response to his erratic bowling to Keith Stackpole.[3][4]
References
- Combined Leeward and Windward Islands v Jamaica 1970-71
- West Indies v India, Bridgetown 1970-71
- Sobers, G. (1988) Twenty Years at the Top, Macmillan, London, p.24
- "Sri Lanka pinch a classic". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2019.