| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 26 August 1963 Middledale, Kilham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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| Nickname | Billy, Bingo | |||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Opening batsman, captain, coach | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1986–2001 | Yorkshire | |||
| 1996 | MCC | |||
| 2002 | Lancashire | |||
| First-class debut | 9 August 1986 Yorkshire v Glamorgan | |||
| Last First-class | 19 September 2002 Lancashire v Somerset | |||
| List A debut | 11 May 1985 Yorkshire v Leicestershire | |||
| Last List A | 15 September 2002 Lancashire v Middlesex | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 283 | 333 | ||
| Runs scored | 15,082 | 8,116 | ||
| Batting average | 35.07 | 28.67 | ||
| 100s/50s | 29/83 | 5/46 | ||
| Top score | 213 | 116* | ||
| Balls bowled | 1,118 | 848 | ||
| Wickets | 12 | 25 | ||
| Bowling average | 60.58 | 26.36 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 3/55 | 3/19 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 366/– | 139/– | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 22 July 2009 | ||||
David Byas (born 26 August 1963,[1] Middledale, Kilham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and latterly Lancashire.
Byas grew up as a farmer in Yorkshire. He was a left-handed batsman who, very occasionally, bowled right-arm medium pace. He was appointed Yorkshire's captain at the start of the 1996 season, following the resignation of Martyn Moxon. In 2001, he led the county to their first County Championship title win for thirty three years. He has since returned to Yorkshire as a coach.
In April 2007, the ECB appointed him to train umpires, even though he had had no regular experience of performing as an umpire.[2]