Bill Lawry

Australia|Opening Batter
Bill Lawry
INTL CAREER: 1961 - 1971
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Full Name

William Morris Lawry

Born

February 11, 1937, Thornbury, Melbourne, Victoria

Age

87y 46d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Medium

Playing Role

Opening Batter

Other

Commentator

After catching the eye with elegant strokes on his first Ashes tour in 1961, long-nosed left-hander Bill Lawry steadily pared his batting back, until it was as skeletal as his appearance. By the time he inherited Australia's captaincy against India in 1967-68, he had become the most rigidly self-denying batsman of his generation, as hard to watch as he was to dismiss. Ian Wooldridge, the English journalist, called him "a corpse with pads on". Lawry's courage was a byword, and he withstood fearsome bombardments from Trueman and Statham in the infamous Ridge Test at Lord's in June 1961, and from Hall and Griffith on an underprepared Sydney surface in February 1969. Twice, too, he carried his bat through completed Test innings. Selectors, however, treated him scurvily, dumping him as leader and player in January 1971. It is difficult to relate Lawry the deadpan accumulator to Lawry the adolescent enthusiast, now that he is a TV commentator of such infectious animation.
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Bill Lawry Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests6712312523421047.15--1327-15300
ODIs110272727.004955.10000010
FC249417491873426650.90--50100--1220
List A661218108*43.60--10--30

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests6721460---2.57-000
ODIs1------------
FC249-26618851/3-37.604.2453.2-00
List A6-000-----000
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Debut/Last Matches of Bill Lawry

FC Matches

Span
1955/56 - 1971/72

List A Matches

Span
1964 - 1971/72

Recent Matches of Bill Lawry

Photos of Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry looks on during the Boxing Day Test
Bill Lawry speaks at Tony Greig's memorial service
Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry watch a presentation by the McGrath Foundation during tea in Sydney
Tony Greig, Mark Taylor, Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry, Channel 9 commentators, attend the launch of the Ashes
Channel Nine's commentary panel at a photo shoot
Bill Lawry is inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame