Laurie Williams (cricketer)
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Full name | Laurie Rohan Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Saint Ann, Jamaica | 12 December 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 September 2002 Portmore, Kingston, Jamaica | (aged 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 77) | 30 March 1996 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 9 February 2001 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–2002 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 25 October 2010 |
Laurie Rohan Williams (12 December 1968 – 8 September 2002) was a
Williams was 33 years old when he died; a car he was driving crashed into an oncoming bus.Williams made his
Jamaica in February 1990 against England
, opening the bowling. He bowled medium pacers, concentrating more on seam and swing as opposed to being fast.
Also handy with the bat, Williams made three first-class hundreds including a career-best 135 for Jamaica against the
Busta Cup
.
Williams played 15
New Zealand
in his just his second match.
At the time of his death Williams had played 58 first-class matches for West Indies A and Jamaica. He scored 2,002 runs at 24.71 and took 170 wickets at 23.17. His best first-class bowling figures were six wickets for 26 runs, made in 1996–97. He died in a car accident in Kingston on 8 September 2002, aged 33.
References
- ^ "Laurie Williams profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2023.