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David Graveney
Personal information
Full name
David Anthony Graveney
Born
(1953-01-02) 2 January 1953 (age 71) Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Nickname
Gravity[1]
Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Left-arm orthodox spin
Role
All-rounder
Relations
Ken Graveney (father) Tom Graveney (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1972–1990
Gloucestershire
1991
Somerset
1992–1994
Durham
FC debut
5 August 1972 Gloucestershire v Lancashire
Last FC
29 August 1994 Durham v Hampshire
LA debut
23 July 1972 Gloucestershire v Worcestershire
Last LA
18 September 1994 Durham v Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition
First-class
List A
Matches
457
382
Runs scored
7,107
2,263
Batting average
17.67
16.88
100s/50s
2/16
0/1
Top score
119
56*
Balls bowled
69,516
13,402
Wickets
981
287
Bowling average
30.44
32.01
5 wickets in innings
40
1
10 wickets in match
7
0
Best bowling
8/85
5/11
Catches/stumpings
241/–
102/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 December 2013
David Anthony GraveneyOBE (born 2 January 1953) is a leading figure in English cricket and the Graveney dynasty, former chairman of the England Test selectors, a post he held from 1997 until 2008. Graveney attended Millfield School in Somerset.
He led a successful first-class cricket career between 1972 and 1994. He was a useful right hand batsman and an orthodox left-arm spinner who represented Gloucestershire (1972–1990) (captain 1982–1988), Somerset (1991) and Durham (1992–1994) (captain 1992–1993). He took 981 wickets in 457 first-class matches (with a personal best of 8/85) and 287 wickets in 382 List A limited-over matches (with a personal best of 5/11). He helped Gloucestershire to win the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1977.
He is a qualified chartered accountant and is a former chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association. He managed the rebel tour to South Africa in 1989–90. Late in his career he joined Durham as the county joined the County Championship. In June 1994, he played in the match but was able only to bowl seven overs due to injury, when Brian Lara made the highest individual score in first-class cricket history.[2]
Graveney became chairman of the selectors in 1997, taking over from Ray Illingworth. On 31 December 2005, he was awarded the OBE for services to cricket. On 18 January 2008, Graveney was removed from the position and awarded the position of national performance manager, monitoring young players in domestic cricket. Geoff Miller took the position over, heading up a four-man panel which included Peter Moores, James Whitaker and Ashley Giles.[3]
^Iain Sproat (ed.). Cricketers' Who's Who (1980 ed.). Debrett's Peerage. p. 59. ISBN 0 90564926 5.
^"Full Scorecard Durham vs Warwickshire". ESPN. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^Graveney axed as England selector BBC News retrieved 18 January 2008
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