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Gregory John Rowell (born 1 September 1966 in Lindfield, New South Wales) is an Australian cricket player, who has played for the Queensland Bulls, New South Wales Blues, and Tasmanian Tigers. He was a right-handed batsman and useful right arm fast bowler.

Greg Rowell

Personal information
Full name	Gregory John Rowell
Born	(1966-09-01) 1 September 1966 (age 55) Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Height	204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Batting	Right-hand batsman
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989–1991	New South Wales
1991–1998	Queensland
1998–1999	Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 46 27 Runs scored 527 51 Batting average 11.45 8.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 45* 17* Balls bowled 9,623 1,440 Wickets 147 27 Bowling average 30.98 34.03 5 wickets in innings 4 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 Best bowling 7/46 3/30 Catches/stumpings 26/– 5/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 16 August 2010

On 11 May 2007, Rowell announced his intention to stand as the Labor candidate for Lord Mayor in the 2008 Brisbane City Council election .[1] He secured 29% of the primary vote and lost to incumbent Campbell Newman.[2][3]

Since then, Rowell has campaigned strongly on the issues of securing water for Brisbane's future and the need to provide better public transport. Brisbane is currently experiencing Level Six water restrictions, and users of its bus system experience chronic overcrowding.

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
• List of New South Wales representative cricketers

References

External links

• Cricinfo Profile
• Brisbane Mayoral Campaign Website

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