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| Full name | George Edward Given Lyness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1937-12-16) 16 December 1937 (age 87) Dunmurry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Edward Given Lyness, usually known as Given Lyness (born 16 December 1937 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 1961 including one first-class match. He made his debut for Ireland in August 1961, playing against the MCC in a first-class match. The following month, he played twice against Australia in what were his final matches for Ireland, finishing with a record of 13 wickets at an average of 15.69.
References
- Cricket Archive profile
- ^ "CricketEurope Stats Zone profile". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
- ^ First-class matches played by Given Lyness at CricketArchive
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