Bruce Laird
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | - | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 21 | 23 | ||
| Runs scored | 1341 | 594 | ||
| Batting average | 35.28 | 29.70 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/11 | 1/2 | ||
| Top score | 92 | 117* | ||
| Balls bowled | 18 | - | ||
| Wickets | 0 | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 16/- | 5/- | ||
Bruce Malcolm Laird (born November 21, 1950, Mount Lawley, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer.
Bruce Laird was described as "stumpy" in stature, in nature and was his nickname. He payed his early years in the South Perth Junior Cricket Club [1] To his teammates he was a brave and technically correct opener who, because of two years with World Series Cricket, did not make his Test debut until he was aged nearly 30. With the West Indies in the prime of their ascendancy, and protective equipment still rudimentary, it was not a great time to be facing the new ball, but Laird distinguished himself with 92 in his first innings (as near as he would get to a century), and was Australia's most successful batsman in that 1979-80 series.
He played in the Lord's Centenary Test in 1980.
He wore baggy green cap number 306. [2]
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| NAME | Laird, Bruce Malcolm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stumpy |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mount Lawley, Western Australia |
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