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Full name Laurie Rohan Williams
Born December 12, 1968, Jamaica
Died September 8, 2002, Portmore, Kingston, Jamaica (aged 33 years 270 days)
Major teams West Indies,Jamaica
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
15
13
2
124
41
11.27
186
66.66
0
0
10
0
8
0
First-class
58
94
13
2002
135
24.71
3
7
34
0
List A
70
54
8
667
44
14.50
0
0
16
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
15
15
659
556
18
3/16
3/16
30.88
5.06
36.6
0
0
0
First-class
58
8849
3939
170
6/26
23.17
2.67
52.0
7
0
List A
70
3099
2200
79
6/19
6/19
27.84
4.25
39.2
0
3
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v New Zealand at Port of Spain, Mar 30, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Feb 9, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1989/90 - 2001/02
List A span
1992/93 - 2002/03
Profile
Wisden Obituary
Williams, Laurie Rohan, died in Kingston, Jamaica on September 8, 2002, aged 33, when he swerved to avoid a damaged section of road and his car collided with an
oncoming bus. His 23-year-old half-brother, Kevin Jennison, was also killed. Although Williams had opened the bowling for Jamaica against England on his first-class debut in February 1990, his method was mainly medium seam and swing rather than out-and-out pace and was well suited to limited-overs cricket. In 15 one-day internationals for West Indies between 1995-96, when he grabbed three for 16 in five overs against New Zealand in his second match, and the 2000-01 Carlton Series in Australia, he took 18 wickets at 30.88. However, his aggregate of 124 one-day international runs, with a highest score of 41, reveals neither his elegance nor ability at the crease. The highest of his three first-class hundreds, 135 for Jamaica against Windwards, helped make him the second-highest runmaker in the 1999-2000 Busta Cup. Williams's best first-class bowling, six for 26 in 1996-97, was also at Windwards' expense. In 58 firstclass
matches for West Indies A and Jamaica, he scored 2,002 runs at 24.71 and took
170 wickets at 23.17. In the weeks preceding the accident Williams had played in the early rounds of the one-day Red Stripe Bowl, but had been dropped for the semi-final and final. Many paid tribute to his commitment to Jamaican cricket, while the former West Indies wicket-keeper Jackie Hendriks, president of the Jamaican Cricket Association, said he was "a gentleman on and off the field".
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
