Answer the following question: 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- .