bill lawry Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
bill lawry is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
William Morris Lawry
Born
February 11, 1937, Thornbury, Melbourne, Victoria
Age
86 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Medium
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Other
Commentator
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 1 | - | - |
Inn | 123 | 1 | - | - |
Runs | 5234 | 27 | - | - |
Avg | 46.32 | 27.0 | - | - |
SR | 80.2 | 55.1 | - | - |
HS | 210 | 27 | - | - |
NO | 10 | 0 | - | - |
100s | 13 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 27 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 456 | 0 | - | - |
6s | 15 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 1 | - | - |
Inn | 2 | - | - | - |
Balls | 12 | - | - | - |
Runs | 6 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 0 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 0 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 3.0 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Victoria
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Lawry's transformation gave more consistency and tremendous success although it wasn't always pretty viewing as a spectator. The Victorian southpaw didn't mind being ugly as long as it was effective for him and the team. Lawry was among the toughest batsmen to dislodge once set due to his ever judicious shot selection and sturdy temperament. This enabled him to produce some classic knocks against fiery bowling attacks, sometimes even on under prepared pitches. Rightfully, he was appointed captain in 1967-68 and he enjoyed the challenges that came with leadership. Despite a fantastic time with the bat as captain and moderate success as a leader, he was dumped by the selectors in 1971. Post-retirement, he entered the broadcasting industry, making a name with Channel Nine as one of the iconic voices of the game.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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.
Gideon Haigh