David Lloyd Cricketer - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About David Lloyd Cricketer
- David Lloyd (born 18 March 1947) is an English former cricketer, now a commentator, who played county cricket for Lancashire and Test and One Day International cricket for England.
- He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley.
- He is known through the cricketing world as "Bumble" because of the ostensible similarity between his facial profile and those of the Bumblies, characters from Michael Bentine's children's television programmes.A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, he played nine Tests, with a highest score of 214 not out, and eight One Day International matches.
- In first-class cricket he was a successful all-rounder, scoring a career aggregate of more than 19,000 runs and taking 237 wickets.
- He captained his county from 1973 to 1977.
- Following his retirement as a player, he became a first-class umpire, and subsequently Lancashire and England cricket coach, resigning the latter post following the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
- He then became a renowned cricket commentator for Test Match Special, and later Sky Sports, with whom he currently broadcasts.
- He is also an author, journalist and columnist.
