David Boyd (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian cricketer
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Place of Birth: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
About David Boyd (cricketer)
- David Laurence Boyd (born 21 November 1955) is a former Australian cricketer who played several seasons for Western Australia during the early 1980s. Born in Kalgoorlie, Boyd played a number of matches for the Australian under-19 cricket team in 1972, at a time when underage cricket when relatively unorganised and international matches were rare.
- For Western Australia, he played a number of matches at colts level from the late 1970s onwards, but did not play at state level until the 1981–82 season, when he made both his first-class and List A debuts.
- Bowling left-arm fast-medium, Boyd was more regularly selected the following season, taking eight wickets from five Sheffield Shield matches as part of a pace attack that at various stages included Dennis Lillee, Ken MacLeay, Wayne Clark, and Terry Alderman.Boyd was more successful in the limited-overs McDonald's Cup, which at the time was played as a knockout competition.
- He took 10 wickets from four games, including the tournament's final, in which Western Australia defeated New South Wales.
- In the semi-final against Victoria, held in March 1983 at the WACA Ground, Boyd took match figures of 5/15 from seven overs, helping Western Australia bowl out Victoria for 112.
- Named man of the match, his performance was the first five-wicket haul taken at List A level for Western Australia, and remains the best bowling figures overall for the state.
- Failing to maintain his form over the following seasons, he played six further matches for Western Australia (three first-class and three limited-overs), all during the 1983–84 season.
- Boyd subsequently spent time playing cricket in England.
- After returning to Australia, he gained coaching certification from the Australian Cricket Board, and went on to serve as a coach in the Northern Territory.
- In 1990, he spent a period playing and coaching for the Johor Cricket Association in Malaysia, as part of a reciprocal agreement with the Northern Territory Cricket Association.
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