| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gregory John Rowell | |||
| Born | 1 September 1966 Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| 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 | ||||
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.
On 11 May 2007, Rowell he announced his intention to stand in the election for lord mayor of Brisbane as the Australian Labor Party candidate.[1]
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.