David Lucas (cricketer)

David Lucas
Personal information
Full name
David Scott Lucas
Born 19 August 1978
Nottingham, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Left-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999–2004 Nottinghamshire
2005–2006 Yorkshire
2007–2011 Northamptonshire
2011-2014 Worcestershire (squad no. 6)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 94 85 30
Runs scored 1,687 237 16
Batting average 17.75 10.77 5.33
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 55* 32* 5*
Balls bowled 14,502 3,132 476
Wickets 263 96 21
Bowling average 32.33 31.54 29.14
5 wickets in innings 9 1 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 7/24 5/48 3/19
Catches/stumpings 18/– 22/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 May 2013

David Scott Lucas (born 19 August 1978) is an English first-class cricketer, who last played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He previously played for Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000.

Career

A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he first played for Nottinghamshire Second XI in 1996 and made his debut for Nottinghamshire in first-class cricket in 1999. He played at Trent Bridge until 2003, although he was selected only for one day games in his latter two seasons. Seeking first-team cricket, Lucas moved to Yorkshire for the 2005 season, but failed to cement a place in the team. He played for Lincolnshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 2006, and then moved to Northamptonshire in 2007. After a poor start especially in one day cricket, he became a first-team starter in all forms of the game. He recorded his best innings figures of 7 for 24 and match figures of 12 for 73 against Gloucestershire in 2009. In August 2011, Lucas signed a three-year contract with Division one side Worcestershire.