Douglas Robert Brown is a former Scottish cricketer, currently employed as a coach for Warwickshire Corpus Christi College
Education
As a youngster Brown attended Alloa Academy, represented Clackmannan County cricket club and played football at under-18 level for Scotland,and played for Feltham Rugby Football club as a competent fullback, choosing to focus on cricket shortly afterwards.
Career
He is an all-rounder who has represented both England and Scotland at One Day International level He is a regular summariser for the British Broadcasting Corporation"s cricket coverage including Test Match Special. He first came to the attention of Warwickshire in 1992 whilst playing for Scotland, he signed for the county and made his debut in the same year.
He went on to spend his entire career with the county, for whom he has scored over 12500 runs and taken over 850 wickets at first-class and list A cricket.
In 1997 Brown was named in England"s one-day squad for four nations Champions Trophy at Sharjah. He made his debut on 11 December in England"s narrow 7-run victory over their hosts, in this game Brown took no wickets and scored 6 runs.
However, it was England"s next game, on 13 December against the West Indies, that Brown gave his greatest performance as an England player. He dismissed Philo Wallace with the opening ball of the game before going on to dismiss his Warwickshire teammate Brian Lara, then at the height of his powers, leg before wicket two balls later.
This opening allowed England to take an easy victory.
This game aside, Brown failed to excel at one-day cricket, and the 1998 tour of the West Indies was to prove his last. He also coached them in South African domestic one-day cricket in the 2002/03 season, playing one game as an overseas player. Outside of cricket Brown works as a PE teacher.
In a twenty20 fixture between Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Steelbacks Brown suffered a severe Achilles tendon injury that could yet end his career.
At the end of the 2007 season Dougie Brown retired from cricket to take up a coaching role at Warwickshire County Cricket Club.