Peter Cousens

Peter Cousens is a South African born former English cricketer. Cousens was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Durban, Natal Province. Cousens made his first-class debut for Essex against Lancashire in 1950 County Championship. He made 38 further first-class appearances for Essex, the last of which came against Sussex in the 1955 County Championship. In his 39 first-class appearances for Essex, he took 44 wickets at a bowling average of 38.79, with best figures of 4/63. A poor batsman, Cousens scored just 72 runs at a batting average of 3.00, with a high score of 13. An infrequent feature in the Essex side of the early 1950s, Cousens left the county at the end of the 1955 season.