NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bill Lawry

Bill (William Morris) Lawry (born 11 February 1937, Melbourne) was an Australian cricketer. February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... City of Melbourne Local Government Area State Victoria Lord Mayor John So (since 2001) Area 36 kmÂ² Population (2001) 57,960 Density 1,601/kmÂ² (1999) Greater Melbourne Subdivisions Local Government Areas Area 7,694 kmÂ² (1999) Population 2001 census (2nd in Australia) 3,555,321 Density 462. ... A cricket match in progress. ...

Lawry played his state cricket for Victoria. In a first class career that lasted from 1955 to 1971 he scored 18,734 runs at an average of 50.90. The Victorian Bushrangers are an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ...

Lawry played 67 Test matches for Australia, accumulating 5,234 runs at an average of 47.15 and scoring 13 centuries. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... In mathematics, there are numerous methods for calculating the average or central tendency of a list of n numbers. ...

After retiring from playing, Lawry worked as a commentator on radio and on Channel 9 television, beginning in the days of World Series Cricket. He has been one of the sport's greatest commentators for almost 30 years, always adding colour and excitement to the call. Considered one of his finest calls is the 1999 Cricket World Cup semi-final between Australia and South Africa. The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Cricket World Cup 2007 logo The ICC Cricket World Cup is the world championship of one-day cricket, a tournament held quadrenially between all Test-playing nations, as well as several representatives from other cricket-playing nations who qualify through a series of qualifying matches. ...

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