# David Byas
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = David Byas
| image =
| country = England
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Middledale, [Kilham, East Riding of Yorkshire](/source/Kilham%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire)
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 4
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = [Opening batsman](/source/Opening_batsman)
| club1 = [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = {{nowrap|1986–2001}}
| club2 = [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 2002
| type1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| debutdate1 = 9 August
| debutyear1 = 1986
| debutfor1 = Yorkshire
| debutagainst1 = [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club)
| lastdate1 = 19 September
| lastyear1 = 2002
| lastfor1 = Lancashire
| lastagainst1 = [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club)
| type2 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
| debutdate2 = 11 May
| debutyear2 = 1985
| debutfor2 = Yorkshire
| debutagainst2 = [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
| lastdate2 = 15 September
| lastyear2 = 2002
| lastfor2 = Lancashire
| lastagainst2 = [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club)
| columns = 2
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 283
| runs1 = 15,082
| bat avg1 = 35.07
| 100s/50s1 = 29/83
| top score1 = 213
| deliveries1 = 1,118
| wickets1 = 12
| bowl avg1 = 60.58
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/55
| catches/stumpings1 = 366/–
| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 333
| runs2 = 8,116
| bat avg2 = 28.67
| 100s/50s2 = 5/46
| top score2 = 116[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries2 = 848
| wickets2 = 25
| bowl avg2 = 26.36
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/19
| catches/stumpings2 = 139/–
| date = 22 July
| year = 2009
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4226/4226.html CricketArchive
}}
'''David Byas''' (born 26 August 1963)[{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=365 |url= }}]) is an English [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er, who played for [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) and latterly [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club), in a 17-year first-class career.
Byas grew up on a farm in [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), having attended school at [Scarborough College](/source/Scarborough_College). He was a left-handed batsman who scored a [century](/source/Century_(cricket)) on the day his son was born, and very occasionally bowled right-arm medium pace. He was appointed Yorkshire's [captain](/source/Captain_(cricket)) at the start of the 1996 season, following the resignation of [Martyn Moxon](/source/Martyn_Moxon). In 2001, he led the county to their first [County Championship](/source/County_Championship) title win in 33 years, sealing the championship with a catch taken at [North Marine Road](/source/North_Marine_Road). The following season he signed for Lancashire CCC, becoming one of the few players to play for both counties.
In [1995](/source/1995_County_Championship), Byas was on the verge of an [England](/source/England_cricket_team) call-up, having been the first player to reach 1,000 runs in that season, only the return to fitness of [Michael Atherton](/source/Michael_Atherton) and [Graeme Hick](/source/Graeme_Hick), prevented him from doing so. In total he scored 1,913 runs in the whole campaign.
His highest score of 213 was made at his home ground of [North Marine Road](/source/North_Marine_Road). He was one of only five players to achieve a double-hundred in the first-class game at this stadium.
Byas started his career in 1978, as a second-team player at [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_Cricket_Club_(England)). However, he ultimately helped the club to the latter two of their five [ECB National Club Cricket Championship](/source/ECB_National_Club_Cricket_Championship) titles (1981 and 1982) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's). In 1984, he set a record in the now former Yorkshire League, by scoring 1,349 runs for the season, a record which stood for 19 years.
Since retiring, Byas has been a manager and coach at [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_Cricket_Club_(England)), in charge of cricket development at [Pocklington School](/source/Pocklington_School), a senior cricket advisor at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and runs his own cricket school, the 'Byas Academy'.
In November 2021, it came to light that Byas had been named in the witness statement of [Azeem Rafiq](/source/Azeem_Rafiq) for an employment tribunal regarding racism Rafiq had faced at [Yorkshire County Cricket Club](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club). It was alleged that Byas regularly used racist language and nicknames.[{{cite web |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cricket/azeem-rafiq-breakdown-allegations-michael-vaughan-andrew-gale-gary-ballance-b966565.html# |title= Azeem Rafiq statement: Breakdown of allegations against key figures including Michael Vaughan, Andrew Gale and Gary Ballance |publisher=Evening Standard |date= 16 November 2021 |accessdate=18 November 2021 }}] Byas denied these allegations.
==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1963 births
Category:Living people
Category:English cricketers
Category:Yorkshire cricketers
Category:Yorkshire cricket captains
Category:Lancashire cricketers
Category:Cricketers from the East Riding of Yorkshire
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:People educated at Scarborough College
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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