Dan Lawrence

Daniel William Lawrence (born 12 July 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm off spin.

For the American football coach, see Daniel H. Lawrence.

Dan Lawrence
Personal information
Full nameDaniel William Lawrence
Born (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997
Leytonstone, London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentEssex (squad no. 28)
First-class debut19 April 2015 Essex v Kent
List A debut5 June 2016 Essex v Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 70 28 51
Runs scored 3,804 670 1,086
Batting average 38.42 26.80 27.15
100s/50s 10/17 1/4 0/5
Top score 161 115 86
Balls bowled 670 573 270
Wickets 9 11 17
Bowling average 41.88 54.27 19.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/63 3/35 3/21
Catches/stumpings 55/– 9/– 16/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 February 2020

Cricketing career

County

Lawrence made his first-class debut for Essex against Kent in April 2015.[1] At the age of 17 years and 290 days, and in only his second first-class appearance, Lawrence made a century against Surrey becoming the third youngest batsmen to score a century in the County Championship. Lawrence's batting was instrumental in helping Essex win promotion to the County Championship First Division, and in their first season back in the upper division, to win the Championship in 2017. In 2017 was named the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year, and made his debut for England Lions. Summer 2018 proved something of a disappointment and so he was unable to further press for a place in the England test team.

Lawrence's bowling is rarely used at first-class level, but his off-spinners with an unusual action[2] have been described by his coach as a "secret weapon" in limited overs cricket.[3]

International

In December 2015 he was named in England's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4] In the first match of the tournament, Lawrence scored a match-winning 174 runs off 150 balls against Fiji, the highest score by an English batsman in a youth ODI.[5][6]

Lawrence put in a man-of-the-match performance as the England Lions wrapped up a series win against a Cricket Australia XI in February 2020. He finished with 4-28[7], following a quickfire 50 not out in the first match of the series.[8]

A fortnight later, Lawrence's fine form for the Lions continued with an impressive 190 runs and three wickets in a four day tour match against the same opposition.[9]

On 29 May 2020, Lawrence was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11] On 17 June 2020, Lawrence was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies.[12][13] On 4 July 2020, Lawrence was named as one of the nine reserve players for the first Test match of the series.[14][15] However, on 10 August 2020, Lawrence had to leave the England bio-secure bubble to attend a family bereavement.[16]

References
  1. "County Championship Division Two, Essex v Kent at Chelmsford, 19–21 April 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. "Dan Lawrence Twitter Interview". Essex Cricket. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. "Chris Silverwood Interview". Basildon Canvey Southend Echo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. "Aneurin Donald recalled for U-19 World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. "Lawrence, Burnham tons lift England to huge win". ESPNcricinfo. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. "Lawrence credits county experience for record-breaking 174". EPSNcricinfo. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  7. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19735/scorecard/1213171/cricket-australia-xi-vs-england-lions-2nd-unofficial-odi-eng-lions-in-australia-2019-20
  8. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19735/scorecard/1213170/cricket-australia-xi-vs-england-lions-1st-unofficial-odi-eng-lions-in-australia-2019-20
  9. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19735/scorecard/1213175/cricket-australia-xi-vs-england-lions-eng-lions-in-australia-2019-20
  10. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  11. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  12. "England announce 30-man training squad ahead of first West Indies Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  13. "Moeen Ali back in Test frame as England name 30-man training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  14. "England name squad for first Test against West Indies". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  15. "England v West Indies: Dom Bess in squad, Jack Leach misses out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  16. "England v Pakistan: Dan Lawrence leaves squad after family bereavement". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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