Lawrence Rowe

West Indies|Top order Batter
Lawrence Rowe
INTL CAREER: 1972 - 1980
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Full Name

Lawrence George Rowe

Born

January 08, 1949, Whitfield Town, Kingston, Jamaica

Age

75y 71d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Top order Batter

This was a West Indian batsman for the West Indies. More than that, Lawrence Rowe was a hometown boy: at Sabina Park, four Tests brought him three centuries, including a unique double and single hundred on debut, and an average of 113.40. In the rest of the Caribbean he averaged 43, and less than 30 abroad. He was an enigmatic, elegant, composed right-hander, opening or high in the order. He thrived on sunshine, and the back-foot shots that were the staple on hard pitches and less comfortable on slower seaming surfaces. His hooking and pulling was instinctive and deadly. But his career was punctuated by problems with his eyesight, a variety of injuries and, perversely, an allergy to grass. If Lawrence sneezed, they said, put the opposition in. He might not have been one of the supreme batsmen, but he did manage one of the great innings. Against England at Bridgetown in 1974 he made 302 out of 596 for 8, in a little over ten hours of unruffled technical excellence.
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Lawrence Rowe Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests30492204730243.55--776170
ODIs11801366017.0024455.7301020
FC14924512875530237.57--1838-1180
List A5248214008730.43--010-180

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests30586440---3.06-000
ODIs11------------
FC149-43022421/19-112.003.12215.0-00
List A52-343021/01/015.005.2917.0000
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Lawrence Rowe arrives in the media box
Lawrence Rowe, Lance Gibbs, CWI president Dave Cameron and vice-president Emmanuel Nanthan show off the Women's World T20 trophy
Marlon Samuels meets former West Indies batsman Lawrence Rowe
Lawrence Rowe bats for the rebel West Indies XI against South Africa
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Lawrence Rowe bats