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| Full name | David Mark Ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 1961 Croydon, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gnasher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter, occasional wicketkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1984–2002 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2008 | Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Mark Ward (born 10 February 1961 at Croydon,Surrey) is a former aggressive batsman and occasional wicket-keeper for Surrey County Cricket Club,playing from 1985 until 2004. In all first-class matches,he scored 8139 runs at an average of 38.39,with 16 centuries and a highest score of 294 not out. [1] He scored "a remarkable 2,072 first-class runs in 1990,including seven hundreds". [1]
Nicknamed "Gnasher" for his prominent teeth,Ward was something of a cult personality as a player. [1] He is now a coach at Whitgift School,where his pupils have included England opening batsmen Rory Burns,Jason Roy and Dom Sibley,wicket-keeper Jamie Smith,and several other players for Surrey,such as Freddie van den Bergh and Laurie Evans.
Within the conservative and restrictive world of cricket whites,Ward was able to demonstrate a little eccentricity,occasionally choosing to wear a cap or even helmet decorated in the traditional Harlequin pattern more associated with Douglas Jardine and other players of yester-year.
Ward currently plays club cricket for Old Whitgiftians C.C. in the Surrey Championship when his school duties allow.
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