Jermaine Lawson

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Jermaine Lawson
Personal information
Full name
Jermaine Jay Charles Lawson
Born (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 43)
Spanish Town, St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 409)17 October 2002 v India
Last Test3 November 2005 v Australia
ODI debut11 December 2001 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI2 August 2005 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001West Indies B
2001–2008Jamaica
2008Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 13 13 54 34
Runs scored 52 18 434 32
Batting average 3.46 6.00 8.18 3.20
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 14 8 35 8
Balls bowled 2,364 558 8,331 1,579
Wickets 51 17 174 60
Bowling average 29.64 29.29 29.31 19.31
5 wickets in innings 2 0 6 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/78 4/57 7/78 5/66
Catches/stumpings 3/– 0/– 15/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 October 2014

Jermaine Jay Charles Lawson (born 13 January 1982) is a former professional cricketer. A fast bowler from Jamaica, he played at Test and One Day International (ODI) level for the West Indies during the early 2000s, becoming the fourth West Indian to take a Test hat-trick. Lawson later moved to the United States, and made his debut for the American national cricket team at the World Cricket League Division Three tournament in October 2014.

Career

Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica Lawson attended the St Catherine Cricket Club as a youngster. He eventually became a fast bowler capable of bowling over 95 mph. At the age of 20 he made his debut for the West Indies in an away test match against India, picking up the wickets of both Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. He went on to claim figures of 6 for 3 against Bangladesh in only his third test match. Lawson later earned a hat-trick, claiming the wickets of Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill and Justin Langer, in an eventual haul of 7/78 during the final Test of Australia's 2003/04 tour of the Caribbean.[1][2]

He was though soon reported, on 11 May 2003, for a suspect bowling action by the International Cricket Council.[1] After undergoing a period of extensive remedial work, he returned to Test cricket in mid-2004, but stress fractures came to the fore along with another report of his action in July 2005. However, he was eventually cleared by the International Cricket Council on that second report of a suspect bowling action.[2]

On 29 February 2008 Lawson joined English side Leicestershire as a Kolpak player for the upcoming county cricket season.[3][2] During 2014 Lawson migrated to the United States of America and qualified to play for the USA's cricket team four years later.[2][4]

Personal life

Lawson is the father of three sons. He currently lives in East New York.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "A South African great arrives". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vadukul, Alex (18 September 2014). "Once a Star, a Cricketer Is Now an Exile". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Leicestershire sign Lawson". ESPN. 29 February 2008.
  4. ^ "Former Windies pacer Lawson to play for USA". stabroeknews.com. Stabroek News. 8 October 2014.