Q:Facts: - testcap: 363 - source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/903/903.html cricketarchive - role: batsman - lasttestdate: 14 january - fivefor: -- -- - country: england - birth date: 18 may 1925 - deliveries: balls -- 90 - columns: 2 - s/s: -- / -- 3/36 - death date: 31 may 1979 - club: lancashire mcc - year: 1946 -- 1953 1949 -- 1954 1951 - name: nigel howard - testdebutdate: 2 november - death place: douglas , isle of man - birth place: gee cross , hyde , cheshire , england - date: 1925 5 18 yes - testdebutyear: 1951 - international: true - column: tests fc - catches/stumpings: 4 / -- 153 / -- - fullname: nigel david howard - tenfor: -- -- - matches: 4 198 - testdebutagainst: india - batting: right-handed - runs: 86 6,152 - wickets: -- 1 - lasttestyear: 1952 - lasttestagainst: india Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nigel howard .
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nigel david howard -lrb- 18 may 1925 -- 31 may 1979 -rrb- was an english cricketer , who played for lancashire and england .born in gee cross , hyde , cheshire , he captained england for the tour to india in the only four test matches he played in , winning one and drawing three , although the series was drawn after the fifth test match was lost -lrb- howard was injured and donald carr captained england in his absence -rrb- .howard was chosen to lead england 's second-string side to the sub-continent in 1951 -- 52 , largely because he was an amateur , -lrb- len hutton became the first professional england captain of the 20th century a few months later -rrb- and a successful leader of lancashire -lrb- 1949 -- 53 -rrb- .