Laurie Evans (cricketer)

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Full name
Laurie John Evans
Born (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 36)
Lambeth, London, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Role Batter
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Laurie John Evans (born 12 October 1987) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey County Cricket Club.

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A right-handed top-order batsman Evans has previously represented Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Sussex in county cricket. Since 2019 he has been selected as an overseas player for various global Twenty20 leagues. He has played for the Rajshahi Kings, Multan Sultans, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, Barbados Royals, Colombo Kings and the Perth Scorchers.

He is the nephew of Olympic rower Greg Searle.

Career

Evans was born in Lambeth in London and educated at The John Fisher School and Whitgift School. [1] He attended Durham University, where he played first-class cricket for Durham MCC University. He played three first-class games for Durham UCCE in 2007, and one first-class game for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the touring West Indies later that summer.

Evans graduated from Surrey County Cricket Club Academy in 2007. He made his first-class debut for the club in April 2009 in a County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire at The Oval. He was selected for the following match at Derbyshire, and made two further appearances later in the campaign, his Twenty20 debut in June and List A debut in August.

Having only played two Championship games and a single one-day match in the 2010 season, Evans was released by Surrey at the end of the campaign. [2] He signed for Warwickshire later that year.

With Tim Ambrose, Evans set a new Warwickshire county record for a sixth wicket partnership on 1 July 2015. The pair added 327 against Sussex in the County Championship at Birmingham. [3]

In August 2016 Evans moved to Northamptonshire on a one-month-long loan. [4] In December 2016, Evans signed for Sussex. [5]

In September 2018, Evans was named in Kabul's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. [6] The following month, he was named in the squad for the Rajshahi Kings team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. [7] He was the leading run-scorer for the Kings in the tournament, with 339 runs in eleven matches. [8] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. [9]

On 29 May 2020, Evans was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] [11] On 9 July 2020, Evans was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland. [12] [13]

On 7 August 2020, Evans re-joined Surrey on a week-long loan to play in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy match against Essex. [14] The loan was extended for the following match and the next week Surrey announced that Evans had signed a two-year contract with the club. [15] [16] Sussex initially stated that he would return to their side for the 2020 T20 Blast before taking up his contract with Surrey at the end of the season. [17] However, Sussex subsequently announced that Evans had expressed his desire to join Surrey immediately, with both clubs issuing statements that said Evans would be joining his new club on loan for the remainder of the season - but would not be able to play in any matches against his former side - before moving permanently at the end of the campaign. [18] [19]

In November 2021 Evans was signed by the Perth Scorchers for the 2021-22 Big Bash league. He played a very crucial role in the Scorchers winning that season including scoring 76 runs off 41 balls in the final. [20]

In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred. [21]

On 21 November 2022, it was announced that Evans had tested positive for a banned substance in August earlier that year while playing for the Originals, and was provisionally suspended from cricket. [22] His contract with the Perth Scorchers was terminated the following day. [23] On 21 March 2023, Evans' provisional suspension was lifted despite his charges still pending, two days before the draft for 2023 season of The Hundred. [24] He was subsequently re-drafted by the Manchester Originals in the £100k bracket for the 2023 season. [25] Evans was also re-selected by Perth Scorchers for the 2023-24 Big Bash league [26]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Laurie Evans released by Surrey". Cricinfo. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Culley, Jon. "Record Evans-Ambrose stand confirms deathly draw". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Vickers, Tom. "Northants loan Warwickshire's Evans in bid to boost Championship fortunes". www.northantstelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Laurie Evans: Sussex sign batsman from Warwickshire". BBC Sport. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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  14. ↑ "EVANS & FINCH JOIN SQUAD FOR ESSEX TRIP". Surrey County Cricket Club. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "MORKEL & ROY IN SQUAD FOR HAMPSHIRE". Surrey County Cricket Club. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "EVANS REJOINS ON FULL TIME CONTRACT". Surrey County Cricket Club. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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