David Alan Lewis (born 1 June 1964)
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er and rugby union referee. He is also an occasional media commentator on Irish cricket. His father,

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, and daughters, Robyn and Gaby, have also played cricket for Ireland,

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A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 121 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1984 and 1997, including eight first-class matches against ScotlandFirst-class matches played by Alan Lewis
at CricketArchive and 23

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matches.List A matches played by Alan Lewis
at Cricket Archive He captained Ireland on 35 occasions.Cricinfo profile
/ref> He is one of only six players to have played more than 100 times for Ireland, behind only

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and Kyle McCallan. .

Playing career

Lewis made his debut for Ireland in June 1984, playing against the West Indies. His career got off to a poor start as he was dismissed for a duck. This was followed by his List A debut against

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in a NatWest Trophy match, and a match against Wales. He played against

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in 1985, before going on a tour of Zimbabwe in January 1986. That summer he played against Yorkshire, Wales and the MCC before spending two years out of the Ireland team. He returned to the Ireland team in June 1988 with a match against the MCC, making his first-class debut against Scotland in August of that year. He continued in the Ireland side over the following years, play several matches against English county sides, also playing internationals against Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, the West Indies and Zimbabwe. Ireland gained associate membership of the International Cricket Council in 1993 with Lewis being a regular member of the Irish team at that point. He captained Ireland in the

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in KenyaICC Trophy matches played by Alan Lewis
at Cricket Archive and also played as captain in the Triple Crown Tournament that year. In 1995, Lewis won the man of the match award in a

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match against Kent, this added to his 1991 Man of the match award in the NatWest Trophy against MiddlesexMatches in which Alan Lewis won an award
at Cricket Archive made him the only Irish player to win man of the match awards in both competitions. He also played a match for the MCC against Scotland in 1995.
at Cricket Archive He played for Ireland for two more years, including the

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, during which Ireland finished fourth and Lewis won a man of the match award against

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. He played eight further times for Ireland that year, including a match against Australia, before his final match against the Earl of Arundel's XI on 20 August. He played twice more for the MCC against Scotland, in 1998 and 2002.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, Lewis scored 3579 runs at an average of 28.63 with a top score of 136 against Wales in July 1990, one of four centuries he scored for Ireland. He took 51 wickets at an average of 43.88, with best

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bowling figures of 4/21 against Scotland in July 1993.

Rugby union

When his rugby union playing career was cut short by injury, Lewis took up refereeing. He eventually started to referee at the highest level, refereeing at the

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and

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.Three Irish referees at World Cup, Irish Rugby
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Alan 1964 births Living people Cricketers from County Cork Irish cricketers IRFU referees Irish cricket captains Irish rugby union referees People educated at St Andrew's College, Dublin Rugby union players from Cork (city) Rugby World Cup referees Six Nations Championship referees The Rugby Championship referees

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Playing career

Statistics

Rugby union

See also

References