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Full name Geoffrey Francis Lawson
Born December 7, 1957, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Current age 50 years 347 days
Major teams Australia,Lancashire,New South Wales
Also known as Henry
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
46
68
12
894
74
15.96
0
4
100
1
10
0
ODIs
79
52
18
378
33*
11.11
500
75.60
0
0
4
18
0
First-class
191
225
44
2683
74
14.82
0
8
75
0
List A
130
68
23
493
39
10.95
0
0
33
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
46
78
11118
5501
180
8/112
11/134
30.56
2.96
61.7
6
11
2
ODIs
79
79
4259
2592
88
4/26
4/26
29.45
3.65
48.3
1
0
0
First-class
191
37316
16564
666
8/112
24.87
2.66
56.0
28
2
List A
130
6832
4153
149
4/26
4/26
27.87
3.64
45.8
2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Nov 28-30, 1980 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Dec 8-12, 1989 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Nov 23, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Australia at Bangalore, Oct 27, 1989 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1977/78 - 1991/92
List A span
1978/79 - 1991/92
Profile
Geoff Lawson, an optometrist by training, suffered from tunnel vision, red mist and blind spots as much as any good fast bowler. But in the latter part of his career he showed much insight and perspective too, and so had a big impact on Australian cricket. A tall, lively-paced outswing bowler from Wagga Wagga, he came to attention in 1978-79 in the then-approved way, by hitting Geoff Boycott, and went on to take 180 Test wickets and one blow to the jaw for Australia. As captain of New South Wales, he insisted on a "get on or get out" philosophy that not only won the state titles, but also strongly influenced the methods of Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh as Test captains. Known to all as "Henry" after the Australian bush poet, he was still near to the game as an analyst and spectator, and succeeded Bob Woolmer as Pakistan's coach in July 2007. Although he led Pakistan to the final of the ICC World Twenty20, Lawson shared an uneasy relationship with PCB officials and the local media. His tenure ended in a summary dismissal days after the new PCB chief, Ijaz Butt, publicly announced that Lawson's contract would not be renewed.
Greg Baum/ Cricinfo staff October 2008
