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

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
David Lawrence diagnosed with motor neurone disease

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

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

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
Lawrence swaps stages in new life

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
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Gill left out of India's T20 World Cup squad; Rinku, Kishan make comebacks

Gill left out of India's T20 World Cup squad; Rinku, Kishan make comebacks

20-Dec-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff
Leaving Gill out: did India pivot for the right reasons?

Leaving Gill out: did India pivot for the right reasons?

20-Dec-2025•Sidharth Monga
Stats - Kishan, Anukul and Sushant dazzle as Jharkhand claim maiden T20 title

Stats - Kishan, Anukul and Sushant dazzle as Jharkhand claim maiden T20 title

18-Dec-2025•Sampath Bandarupalli
Crawley: England are 'staring down the barrel' of Ashes defeat

Crawley: England are 'staring down the barrel' of Ashes defeat

20-Dec-2025•Matt Roller
What's gone wrong for Suryakumar Yadav?

What's gone wrong for Suryakumar Yadav?

19-Dec-2025•Karthik Krishnaswamy