David Lloyd (cricketer)

For the Welsh cricketer, see David Lloyd (cricketer, born 1992).

David Lloyd
Lloyd in April 2009
Personal information
Born (1947-03-18) 18 March 1947 (age 77)
Accrington, Lancashire, England
NicknameBumble
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsGraham Lloyd (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 460)20 June 1974 v India
Last Test30 January 1975 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 28)7 September 1973 v West Indies
Last ODI29 May 1980 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1965–1983Lancashire
Umpiring information
FC umpired35 (1985–1987)
LA umpired27 (1986–1987)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 9 8 407 288
Runs scored 552 285 19,269 7,761
Batting average 42.46 40.71 33.33 32.74
100s/50s 1/0 1/0 38/93 7/44
Top score 214* 116* 214* 121*
Balls bowled 24 12 15,598 1,251
Wickets 0 1 237 39
Bowling average – 3.00 30.26 22.89
5 wickets in innings – 0 5 0
10 wickets in match – 0 1 0
Best bowling – 1/3 7/38 4/17
Catches/stumpings 11/– 3/– 334/– 89/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 July 2020

David Lloyd (born 18 March 1947) is an English former cricket player, umpire, coach and commentator, who played county cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and Test and One Day International cricket for the English cricket team. He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley. He is known through the cricketing world as Bumble due to the ostensible similarity between his facial profile and those of the Bumblies, characters from Michael Bentine's children's television programmes.[1][2]

A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, he played nine Tests, with a highest score of 214 not out, and eight One Day International matches. In first-class cricket he was a successful all-rounder, scoring a career aggregate of more than 19,000 runs and taking 237 wickets. He captained his county from 1973 to 1977.[3] Following his retirement as a player, he became a first-class umpire, and subsequently Lancashire and England cricket coach, resigning the latter post following the 1999 Cricket World Cup. He then became a renowned cricket commentator for Test Match Special, and later Sky Sports.[3] He is also an author, journalist and columnist.[3] In December 2021, Lloyd announced his retirement from full-time commentating.[4] In 2022, he signed a contract with Lancashire's in-house channel LancsTV to commentate on every non-televised Vitality Blast home match and select County Championship fixtures.[5]

  1. ^ Frindall, Bill (8 August 2002). "Stump The Bearded Wonder No 32". BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference an email conversation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Arlott, John (January 1984). "Player Profile: David Lloyd". CricInfo. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  4. ^ "David Lloyd announces retirement from commentary after 22 years with Sky Sports". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Watch Bumble on LancsTV this summer!". Lancashire Cricket Club. Retrieved 5 May 2022.