Laurie John Evans (born 12 October 1987) is an English

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er, contracted to

Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey County Cricket Club (Surrey CCC) is a first-class club in county cricket, one of eighteen in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Surrey, including areas that now form South London ...

. A right-handed top-order batsman, he has previously represented

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and

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

in county cricket, and since 2019 has been selected for global Twenty20 leagues, representing

Rajshahi Kings Rajshahi Royals ( Varendri/ bn, রাজশাহী রয়্যালস) were a Bangladeshi franchise Twenty20 cricket team. The team was based in Rajshahi in Bangladesh and competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 fra ...

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, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots,

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and the

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Career

Evans was born in

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in London and educated at

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and

Whitgift School ("He who perseveres, conquers") , established = , closed = , type = Independent school , religious_affiliation = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head Master , head = Christopher Ramsey , c ...

. He attended Durham University, where he played first-class cricket for

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. He played three first-class games for

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in 2007, and one first-class game for the

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(MCC) against the touring

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later that summer. Evans graduated from

Academy in 2007. He made his first-class debut for the club in April 2009 in a

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Division Two match against

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. He was selected for the following match at

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, and made two further appearances later in the campaign, his

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debut in June and

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debut in August. Having only played two Championship games and a single one-day match in the 2010 season, Evans was released by Surrey at the end of the campaign. He signed for

later that year. With

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, Evans set a new

county record for a sixth wicket partnership on 1 July 2015. The pair added 327 against

in the

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. In August 2016 Evans moved to

on a one-month-long loan. In December 2016, Evans signed for

. In September 2018, Evans was named in Kabul's squad in the

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of the

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tournament. The following month, he was named in the squad for the

team, following the draft for the

2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League The 2018–19 BPL season, also known as BPL 6 or UCB BPL 2019 Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the sixth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. T ...

. He was the leading run-scorer for the Kings in the tournament, with 339 runs in eleven matches. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the

Dhaka Platoon The Dhaka Dominators (Dhakaiya/ bn, ঢাকা ডমিনেটর্স) is a franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), representing the country's Dhaka City, Dhaka. The team was originally established in 20 ...

in the

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. On 29 May 2020, Evans was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the

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. On 9 July 2020, Evans was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the

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(ODI) series against Ireland. On 7 August 2020, Evans re-joined Surrey on a week-long loan to play in the

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match against

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. The loan was extended for the following match and the next week Surrey announced that Evans had signed a two-year contract with the club. Sussex initially stated that he would return to their side for the

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before taking up his contract with Surrey at the end of the season. However, Sussex subsequently announced that Evans had expressed his desire to join Surrey immediately, with both clubs issuing statements that said Evans would be joining his new club on loan for the remainder of the season - but would not be able to play in any matches against his former side - before moving permanently at the end of the campaign. He is the nephew of Olympic

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. In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred. He was subsequently re-drafted by the Manchester Originals in the £100k bracket for the 2023 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Laurie 1987 births Living people People from Lambeth Alumni of St Mary's College, Durham People educated at Whitgift School English cricketers English cricketers of the 21st century Colombo Stars cricketers Dhaka Dominators cricketers Durham MCCU cricketers Kabul Zwanan cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Multan Sultans cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers North v South cricketers Oval Invincibles cricketers Perth Scorchers cricketers Rajshahi Royals cricketers St Kitts and Nevis Patriots cricketers Surrey cricketers Sussex cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Manchester Originals cricketers