{{Short description|Nevisian cricketer (born 1962)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Livingstone Lawrence | image = | fullname = Livingstone Lawrence Lawrence | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cotton Ground, Nevis | nickname = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off spin | role = Opening batsman | family = | international = | odidebutdate = | odidebutyear = | odidebutagainst = | odicap = | lastodidate = | lastodiyear = | lastodiagainst = | club1 = Leeward Islands | year1 = 1984–1994 | date = 1 January | year = 2016 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11986/11986.html CricketArchive }} '''Livingstone Lawrence Lawrence''' (born 5 November 1962) is a former Nevisian cricketer who played for the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed opening batsman.
Lawrence made his first-class debut for the Leewards during the 1983–84 Shell Shield season.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11986/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Livingstone Lawrence] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.</ref> In the last match of the season, he scored a maiden first-class hundred, 118 runs against Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44484.html Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215162036/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44484.html |date=15 February 2016 }}, Shell Shield 1983/84 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.</ref> Lawrence finished his debut Shell Shield season with 328 runs, behind only Ralston Otto for the Leewards,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Shell_Shield_1983-84/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1983/84 (ordered by runs)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.</ref> and the following season was bested by only Luther Kelly and Enoch Lewis amongst his teammates.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Shell_Shield_1984-85/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1984/85 (ordered by runs)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308061332/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Shell_Shield_1984-85/Batting_by_Runs.html |date=8 March 2016 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.</ref> At the end of the 1984–85 season, he was selected for a West Indies under-23s to play the touring New Zealanders, and, opening the batting with Phil Simmons, went on to top score for his side with 79 runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45748.html West Indies Under-23s v New Zealanders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126172058/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45748.html |date=26 November 2018 }}, New Zealand in West Indies 1984/85 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.</ref>
At the beginning of the 1986–87 season, after further good form, Lawrence was selected in a West Indies B team to tour Zimbabwe, playing four first-class matches and five limited-overs games. He had little luck in the multi-day matches, but in the third one-day game scored a maiden List A century, 117 not out.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47920.html Zimbabwe v West Indies B] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325075420/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47920.html |date=25 March 2016 }}, West Indies B in Zimbabwe 1986/87 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.</ref> Although a regular in the Leewards team throughout the rest of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, Lawrence never again played at a higher level, ending his career after the 1993–94 season. He finished with a first-class batting average of 29.82 and a List A average of 28.39.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52354.html West Indies / Players / Livingstone Lawrence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315044032/http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52354.html |date=15 March 2016 }} – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11986/11986.html Player profile and statistics] at [https://cricketarchive.com CricketArchive] *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52354.html Player profile and statistics] at [http://www.espncricinfo.com ESPNcricinfo]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Livingstone}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Leeward Islands cricketers Category:Nevisian cricketers