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Full name David Valentine Lawrence
Born January 28, 1964, Gloucester
Current age 44 years 179 days
Major teams England,Gloucestershire
Also known as birth registered as Dave Valentine Lawrence
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
6
0
60
34
10.00
145
41.37
0
0
7
0
0
0
ODIs
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
First-class
185
211
38
1851
66
10.69
0
2
45
0
List A
113
47
20
292
38*
10.81
0
0
24
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
10
1089
676
18
5/106
7/173
37.55
3.72
60.5
0
1
0
ODIs
1
1
66
67
4
4/67
4/67
16.75
6.09
16.5
1
0
0
First-class
185
26930
16521
515
7/47
32.07
3.68
52.2
21
1
List A
113
5362
4097
155
6/20
6/20
26.43
4.58
34.5
9
4
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 25-30, 1988 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 6-10, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
England v West Indies at Lord's, May 27, 1991 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1981 - 1997
List A span
1983 - 1991
Profile
A horrific knee injury suffered when bowling for England ended this powerfully built fast-bowler's career, just at the moment when he looked to have established himself in the Test team. On the last day of a dead Test against New Zealand at Wellington, Lawrence fractured his left kneecap as he was about to bowl and fell horribly, his chilling cries of pain echoing around the stadium. Spectators said the sound of his knee splitting was like a pistol shot. His Test career was over, his first-class career as good as, though he did attempt a comeback with Gloucestershire in 1997. A very popular and wholehearted competitor, Dave Lawrence was capable of bowling both with extreme pace and with extreme inaccuracy, often simultaneously. However, by 1991 he seemed to gained a degree of control, and would certainly have played more Test matches had injury not struck.
Martin Williamson
