Geoff Lawson (cricketer)
Lawson in 2014
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| Full name | Geoffrey Francis Lawson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 December 1957 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Nickname | Henry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 309) | 28–30 November 1980 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8–12 December 1989 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 63) | 23 November 1980 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 27 October 1989 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1978–1992 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Francis Lawson, OAM (born 7 December 1957) is a former Australian cricketer and the former coach of the Pakistan cricket team.
Nicknamed "Henry" after the Australian poet, Lawson was a fast bowler for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. He first played for NSW in 1977–78, made his international debut in 1980–81. Lawson made three tours of England, including the 1989 Ashes-winning tour.
For a few seasons in the early 1980s, Lawson was Australia's leading fast bowler, but his career suffered from poor luck with injury.
Lawson received the Order of Australia in 1990 for services to cricket and in 2002 he was given the Australian Sports Medal. He is a qualified optometrist who graduated with a Bachelor of Optometry (BOptom) from the University of New South Wales.
Since his playing retirement, Lawson has been a coach, commentator and writer on the game. He has broadcast for ABC Radio, Channel Nine and Foxsports, and contributed to the Sydney Morning Herald and other newspapers and magazines in various countries. He has coached the Pakistan national cricket team and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Lawson first came to notice in international cricket by bowling a series of bouncers during a brief spell against Geoff Boycott in a tour match between NSW and England in the 1978–79 season. He was called up as a replacement player for the 1979 tour of India, but did not play a Test match. Similarly, he toured Pakistan in 1980 and did not make the Test team.
He took three wickets during his debut in the first Test against New Zealand at Brisbane in 1980–81, and played the first three ODIs of his career in the World Series Cup. In only his third Test, Lawson returned 7/81 in the first innings against England at Lord's in 1981, which earned him the man of the match award. However, injuries interrupted his progress. He missed the last three Tests of the series with a back injury and played only one Test in the following Australian season, against the West Indies at Melbourne. Chosen for nine preliminary ODIs in the World Series Cup, his total of nine wickets was not enough to earn him selection for the finals against the West Indies.
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