Matches (13)

Men's Hundred (2)

BAN vs NL (1)

Women's Hundred (2)

UAE Tri-Series (1)

Duleep Trophy (2)

CPL (2)

One-Day Cup (2)

ZIM vs SL (1)

NSC-M

(75/75 balls) 119/5

TR-M

(5/55 balls, T:105) 12/0

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Schedule Table Series

NED

136/8

BAN

(13.3/20 ov, T:137) 138/2

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Schedule Report Series

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David 'Syd' Lawrence, Gloucestershire and England fast bowler, dies aged 61

Family announce passing after year-long battle with Motor Neurone Disease

22-Jun-2025•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Fast times with my friend Courtney Walsh

In an extract from his new book, former England and Gloucestershire fast bowler David Lawrence recalls his relationship with the West Indian legend

19-Jun-2025•David Lawrence with Dean Wilson

Gloucestershire's T20 Blast glory goes beyond the game

Uplifting story proves once again that Finals Day has a special place in the calendar

15-Sep-2024•Alan Gardner

David Lawrence diagnosed with motor neurone disease

Former England fast bowler is currently club president at Gloucestershire

21-Jun-2024•ESPNcricinfo staff

David Lawrence unveiled as first Black president of Gloucestershire

Club legend takes the reins on two-year term after 16-year career

19-Apr-2022•ESPNcricinfo staff

Gloucestershire apologise unreservedly to David 'Syd' Lawrence over racist incident

Lawrence recounted a banana skin being left outside his door by a team-mate in 1981

27-Sep-2021•Matt Roller

Crusader, bodybuilder, doctor, wise guy

What do cricketers do after they hang up their boots? Some tread the boards, some take to politics, and some go all muscular

24-Jun-2019•Sreshth Shah

Durham resist role as rubbing rags of county cricket

County cricket's latest snippets include whether Tom Haines blow-dries his eyebrows, the year they threw bananas at Scarborough and whether Shiv Thakor has a cricketing future

29-Jun-2018•Paul Bolton

Lawrence swaps stages in new life

Coaches, city workers, coffee shop owners - all occupations of retired first-class cricketers. But David "Syd" Lawrence, once a fearsome fast bowler for England, has deviated somewhat in his second life.

22-Dec-2014•Alex Winter

From fast bowler to bodybuilder

David Lawrence, the former Gloucestershire and England fast bowler, is remembered for the horrific knee injury that all but ended his career in 1992. But, aged 50, he has reinvented himself as a champion bodybuilder

12-Nov-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

One-match wonders, and Shah's second chance

After a two-year break, Owais Shah is close to another Test cap but there have been others who've never played again after an impressive debut

16-May-2007•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Knowing when to call it a day

We look at XI instances where retirement - or staying retired - would have been the best option

11-Jan-2007•Martin Williamson

More dangerous games

Another selection of moments where batsmen came off second best to fast bowlers

09-May-2006•Martin Williamson and Andrew Miller

Gloucestershire cult heroes

Stephen Chalke on the cult heroes produced by Gloucestershire

15-Dec-2005•Stephen Chalke

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