DW Lawrence

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

DW Lawrence — 173 career matches, 4,205 runs and 55 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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Bat Avg

26.0

Bowl Avg

27.1

Career stats overview

14 Test · 159 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

14 matches

671

Runs scored

Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

T20I

159 matches

3,534

Runs scored

Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215

wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112

wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4

batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198

wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams DW Lawrence has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Middlesex

Matches: 15
Runs: 506
Wickets: 10

Hampshire

Matches: 14
Runs: 442
Wickets: 2

Kent

Matches: 13
Runs: 249
Wickets: 4

Surrey

Matches: 12
Runs: 243
Wickets: 6

Sussex

Matches: 10
Runs: 219
Wickets: 8

Somerset

Matches: 9
Runs: 142
Wickets: 1

Glamorgan

Matches: 8
Runs: 314
Wickets: 4

Dubai Capitals

Matches: 7
Runs: 167

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DW Lawrence has turned out most often.

County Ground

Matches: 43
Runs: 995
Wickets: 16

Lord's, London

Matches: 23
Runs: 702
Wickets: 11

The Oval, London

Matches: 19
Runs: 482
Wickets: 9

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 16
Runs: 375
Wickets: 4

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Matches: 10
Runs: 345
Wickets: 2

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches: 9
Runs: 237
Wickets: 5

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches: 7
Runs: 125
Wickets: 2

St Lawrence Ground

Matches: 7
Runs: 86
Wickets: 2

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.