Cowan ... will play County cricket leading in to the Ashes. Source: Greg Wood / AFP
English county side Nottinghamshire has defended its decision to sign Australian Test batsman Ed Cowan in the lead-up to the Ashes.
Cowan, 30, will link up with Nottinghamshire next month to play in their first seven County Championship matches and eight limited-overs games.
The stint should allow the Test opener valuable time to acclimatise to English conditions before the Ashes starts at Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire's home ground, on July 10.
Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell admitted Cowan's recruitment may not be ideal from England's perspective but said the batsman would likely have toured with Australia A in June anyway.
"I can totally understand if they are not that thrilled about it but my point of view was that I was looking for a good quality opening batsman, the IPL is on and a lot of good quality opening batsmen are in the IPL," Newell told the UK's Daily Telegraph.
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"... Although I understand why England would be unhappy with a bloke getting some pre-Ashes warm-up, I just pick the right bloke for Notts and he's a good bloke and he wants to play.
"I'm not sure playing for Notts against Middlesex on April 10 will be anything like playing for England on (July 10).
"You would think it wouldn't do him any harm but Australia A are coming over in mid-June for three matches anyway, so if he wasn't playing for Notts he would be playing for Australia A."
Cowan averages 32.90 across 17 Tests and scored 265 runs at 33.12 in the recent Test series in India.
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