David Lawrence (cricketer)

David Valentine Lawrence (born 28 January 1964) 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.

David Lawrence
Personal information
Full name
David Valentine Lawrence
Born (1964-01-28) 28 January 1964
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
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