Nicholas Roger Prowting (born 26 October 1985) is an English cricketer. Prowting is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Chelmsford, Essex.

While studying for his degree at Durham University, Prowting made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Surrey in 2006. He made eight further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Lancashire in 2008.^[1] In his nine first-class matches, he scored 314 runs at an average of 19.62, with a high score of 78.^[2] This score, his only first-class fifty, came against Nottinghamshire in 2007.^[3]

His brother, Christopher, played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2007.