John Lever

John Lever
Personal information
Full name
John Kenneth Lever
Born (1949-02-24) 24 February 1949 (age 75)
Stepney, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 471)17 December 1976 v India
Last Test19 June 1986 v India
ODI debut (cap 35)26 August 1976 v West Indies
Last ODI14 February 1982 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967–1989Essex
1982/83–1984/85Natal
1990–1991Cambridgeshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 21 22
Runs scored 306 56
Batting average 11.76 8.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 53 27*
Balls bowled 4,433 1,152
Wickets 73 24
Bowling average 26.72 29.70
5 wickets in innings 3 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 7/46 4/29
Catches/stumpings 11/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2006

John Kenneth Lever MBE (born 24 February 1949)[1] is an English former international cricketer who played Test and One Day International cricket for England. Lever was a left-arm fast-medium bowler who predominantly swung the ball into right-handed batsmen.

The cricket correspondent Colin Bateman remarked that "for 23 years he plied his trade with Essex, becoming the finest left-arm pace bowler in the country. Tough, astute, and entertaining in the dressing room, Lever was, as the title of his autobiography suggests, A Cricketer's Cricketer".[1]

  1. ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 109. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.