David Graveney

David Graveney
Personal information
Full name	David Anthony Graveney
Born	2 January 1953 (age 71); Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Nickname	Gravity
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm orthodox spin
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Ken Graveney (father); Tom Graveney (uncle)
Domestic team information
1972–1990	Gloucestershire
1991	Somerset
1992–1994	Durham
FC debut	5 August 1972 Gloucestershire v Lancashire
Last FC	29 August 1994 Durham v Hampshire
LA debut	23 July 1972 Gloucestershire v Worcestershire
Last LA	18 September 1994 Durham v Worcestershire
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive, 11 December 2013

David Anthony Graveney OBE (born 2 January 1953) is a leading figure in English cricket and the Graveney dynasty, former chairman of the England Test selectors, a post he held from 1997 until 2008. Graveney attended Millfield School in Somerset.

He led a successful first-class cricket career between 1972 and 1994. He was a useful right hand batsman and an orthodox left-arm spinner who represented Gloucestershire (1972–1990) (captain 1982–1988), Somerset (1991) and Durham (1992–1994) (captain 1992–1993). He took 981 wickets in 457 first-class matches (with a personal best of 8/85) and 287 wickets in 382 List A limited-over matches (with a personal best of 5/11). He helped Gloucestershire to win the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1977.

He is a qualified chartered accountant and is a former chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association. He managed the rebel tour to South Africa in 1989–90. Late in his career he joined Durham as the county joined the County Championship. In June 1994, he played in the match but was able only to bowl seven overs due to injury, when Brian Lara made the highest individual score in first-class cricket history.^[2]

Graveney became chairman of the selectors in 1997, taking over from Ray Illingworth. On 31 December 2005, he was awarded the OBE for services to cricket. On 18 January 2008, Graveney was removed from the position and awarded the position of national performance manager, monitoring young players in domestic cricket. Geoff Miller took the position over, heading up a four-man panel which included Peter Moores, James Whitaker and Ashley Giles.^[3]

Family links

His father Ken Graveney was a prolific right-arm fast bowler with Gloucestershire between 1947 and 1964, who once took 10/66 in an innings. He captained his county between 1963 and 1964. His uncle Tom Graveney was an elegant batsman with Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (captaining both counties), and played in 79 tests for England (one as captain).

References

^ Iain Sproat (ed.). Cricketers' Who's Who (1980 ed.). Debrett's Peerage. p. 59. ISBN 0 90564926 5.
^ "Full Scorecard Durham vs Warwickshire". ESPN. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Graveney axed as England selector BBC News retrieved 18 January 2008

External links

David Graveney at ESPNcricinfo

[1] Iain Sproat (ed.). Cricketers' Who's Who (1980 ed.). Debrett's Peerage. p. 59. ISBN 0 90564926 5.

[2] "Full Scorecard Durham vs Warwickshire". ESPN. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[3] Graveney axed as England selector BBC News retrieved 18 January 2008

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