David Lawrence (cricketer)

David Lawrence
Personal information
Full name
David Valentine Lawrence
Born (1964-01-28) 28 January 1964 (age 60)
Gloucester, England
NicknameSyd
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 1 185 113
Runs scored 60 – 1,851 292
Batting average 10.00 – 10.69 10.81
100s/50s 0/0 – 0/2 0/0
Top score 34 – 66 38
Balls bowled 1,089 66 26,930 5,362
Wickets 18 4 515 155
Bowling average 37.55 16.75 32.07 26.43
5 wickets in innings 1 0 21 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 5/106 4/67 7/47 6/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 45/– 24/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2006

David Valentine Lawrence (born 28 January 1964)[1] is an English retired cricketer, who mainly played for Gloucestershire and briefly featured for England. He picked up 625 wickets in 280 matches for Gloucestershire, where he appeared in a bowling attack alongside Courtney Walsh and Kevin Curran. Lawrence later suffered a severe knee injury, on international duty, which curtailed his playing days. As of now he serves as the first black president of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.[2]

  1. ^ Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 109. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. ^ "David Lawrence unveiled as first Black president of Gloucestershire". ESPNcricinfo. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.