| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 17:33 - Sep 14 with 1842 views | solemio |
Sad news. I've never heard a bad word about Syd -the person, not the cricketer.
Not even by Somerset supporters such as myself. |  | |  |
| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 17:34 - Sep 14 with 1833 views | gainsboroughblue |
Was literally about to post the same thing. Very emotional to watch.
Hope Gloucs go on to win this today (Somerset can have the CC title) and I hope Syd is able to stay till the end to see it.
Lawrence was genuinely terrifying as a fast bowler which given we'd seen the West Indians work us over for a decade, was a welcome addition to our toolbox. He was responsible for more than a few retired hurts including Phil Simmons who ended up having to have brain surgery.
Him and Devon Malcolm kind of jockeyed for that one spot that was available alongside the likes of Foster, DeFreitas, Lewis.
I'll never forget that horrific injury he got in New Zealand which basically ended his career. |  |
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| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 17:35 - Sep 14 with 1827 views | Coastalblue |
So sad, my first thought as I read that was how the f**k is he 60, must be a typo.
Then I remembered I'm not that far off 60 either.
Good luck Syd |  |
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| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 20:17 - Sep 15 with 1570 views | Perublue |
That's such a shame..that injury in NZ,wasn't it while fielding...something silly like the grass being different to the UK so attempting to slide field on his knee and expecting to slide and basically not sliding ? [Post edited 15 Sep 2024 20:18]
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| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 22:10 - Sep 15 with 1463 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
I assume the abuse report is an accident ... although how you accidentally report it as abuse I don't know. |  |
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| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 00:14 - Sep 16 with 1397 views | stonojnr |
| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 20:17 - Sep 15 by Perublue |
That's such a shame..that injury in NZ,wasn't it while fielding...something silly like the grass being different to the UK so attempting to slide field on his knee and expecting to slide and basically not sliding ? [Post edited 15 Sep 2024 20:18]
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No that was Simon Jones with the fielding at the Gabba, which the Aussies apparently never did knowing the field conditions.
Syds was when he bowled and his full weight went through his landing leg and the knee basically just went nah not doing that, and that was his cricket playing career over.
I can't remember if they were showing it live or delayed highlights, I do remember the scream in pain he gave when it happened, and I can't imagine even back then they'd have shown it in full on tv | | | |
| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 00:24 - Sep 16 with 1388 views | PhilTWTD |
| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 22:10 - Sep 15 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I assume the abuse report is an accident ... although how you accidentally report it as abuse I don't know. |
I'm sure it was an accident, happens every now and then. |  | | |
| David "Syd" Lawrence England fast bowler diagnosed with MND on 11:05 - Sep 16 with 1265 views | Steve_M |
The pictures of him with the trophy after Gloucestershire's win were very moving:
I can't actually access the article here but posting here in case it's of interest to anyone who can:
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