Dean Cosker retires after 21-year career

Dean Cosker, the left-arm spinner who was the last remaining active player of Glamorgan’s 1997 County Championship winning side, has announced his retirement after a 21-year career.

Cosker made his Glamorgan debut in 1996 and then took 20 wickets in the trophy-winning campaign the following season. He reached as far as England A level in the late 1990s and remained a consistent performer, highlighted by the fact that his best first-class season came in 2010 when he claimed 51 wickets at 22.11, but he had not played a Championship match this season.

He was also immensely valuable in white-ball cricket, enjoying his best T20 season in 2015 when he took 17 wickets. Overall in first-class cricket in finished with 597 wickets, 260 in List A and 100 in T20.

Alongside his bowling he was …

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