David Steele (cricketer)
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| David Steele | ||||
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 England |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 8 | 1 | ||
| Runs scored | 673 | 8 | ||
| Batting average | 42.06 | 8.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/5 | -/- | ||
| Top score | 106 | 8 | ||
| Balls bowled | 88 | 6 | ||
| Wickets | 2 | - | ||
| Bowling average | 19.50 | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 1/1 | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 7/- | -/- | ||
David Stanley Steele (born: 29 September 1941 in Bradeley, Staffordshire), was an English international cricketer. Tony Greig picked him for the English cricket team in 1975 when he was close to retirement from county cricket for Northamptonshire. He played for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1981.
He was a middle-order batsman and appeared much older than his 33 years, with grey hair and spectacles. However in the eight Test matches he played he showed great courage against the fastest and most intimidating bowlers in the world; Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson for Australia and Anderson Roberts, Michael Holding, Wayne Daniel, and Vanburn Holder for the West Indies. His unexpected emergence in 1975 was a much needed boost to an English Test team mired in a prolonged slump of poor results and he quickly became a fan and press favourite. It led to the infamous phrase that he was like a "bank clerk that went to war".
Making his debut against Australia at Lords he found himself getting lost as he went out to bat. Unused to using the 'home' dressing room instead of the 'away' one, he went down one too many flights of stairs and found himself in the basement toilets. He managed to make the field of play without becoming the first test batsman to be timed out.
Steele was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1975, and was awarded Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1976. Noted for being financially astute, particularly in the bar after a game, he was nicknamed 'crime' because crime never pays.
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| Preceded by Brendan Foster |
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1975 |
Succeeded by John Curry |
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