His father was listening to Test Match Special in his car and was so surprised that he drove the wrong way down a one-way street.
[3] Following the tour, where he had scored 96 runs and taken four wickets Cowdrey was not selected by England until 1988, and the infamous "summer of four captains".
[2] England lost heavily by ten wickets, and his chance to prove his detractors wrong in the final Test never came, as he was injured after the one appearance.
[5] A newspaper article penned by Cowdrey landed him in trouble in the corridors at Lord's and, in 1990, he joined a rebel tour to South Africa.
[2] Colin and Chris Cowdrey were only the second father and son combination to have both captained England, emulating Frank and George Mann.