Darrell Lieversz

Darrell Lieversz (born 7 June 1943) is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon in 1964 and 1965. In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1][2]

Darrell Lieversz
Personal information
Full nameDarrell Walter Lloyd Lieversz
Born (1943-06-07) 7 June 1943
Colombo, Ceylon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 109
Batting average 12.11
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 40*
Balls bowled 1392
Wickets 32
Bowling average 18.65
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/29
Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: CricketArchive, 29 September 2016

Life and career

Lieversz attended Royal College, Colombo, where he opened the bowling and captained the cricket team in 1962.[3] In February 1962, against St Peter's College, Colombo, he took 13 wickets for 24.[4] Later that year he toured India with the Ceylon Schools team.[3] After he left school he joined Colts Cricket Club, and in his first season of top-level club cricket he took 72 wickets at an average of 9.78, setting a record for the number of wickets in the tournament.[5]

He was also a talented runner, and represented Ceylon in the 100, 200 and 400 metres in the 4th Asian Games in Jakarta in 1962.[3][6]

He made his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1963-64. He and Norton Fredrick, who was also making his first-class debut, opened the bowling together and took 13 wickets between them. Lieversz took 6 for 29 in the second innings, dismissing Madras for 150 and leaving the Ceylon team with an easy target for victory.[7] He was Ceylon's leading bowler, taking 5 for 40 and 4 for 28, all of top-order batsmen, when Ceylon beat a strong Pakistan A team in Colombo in August 1964.[8]

He toured India with the Ceylon team in 1964-65, playing in the victory over India in Ahmedabad.[9]

He played no further first-class cricket after that tour. He went to work for the Duckwari Estate tea plantation in Rangala in Central Province and was unable to get sufficient practice to keep in top form.[3] He and his wife and their three daughters moved to Australia in 1986, where he worked for Coca-Cola. He is now retired.[3]

His father, Douglas Lieversz, played for Ceylon in the 1930s.[10]

References
  1. "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (29 August 2010). "Lieversz a double international of repute". The Nation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. "Royal College, Colombo v St Peter's College, Colombo 1961-62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. Lieversz, Eardley (15 April 2016). "Darrell Lieversz and his season of exceptional bowling". Cricketique. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. "Lieversz sizzled on track and pitch". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  7. "Ceylon Board President's XI v Madras 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. "Ceylon v Pakistan A 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  9. "India v Ceylon, Ahmedabad 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  10. "Douglas Lieversz". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.