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Full name John Kenneth Lever
Born February 24, 1949, Stepney, London
Current age 59 years 233 days
Major teams England,Essex,Natal
Nickname Jake, JK, Stanley
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Other Coach
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Dane County Secondary School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
31
5
306
53
11.76
1198
25.54
0
1
26
1
11
0
ODIs
22
11
4
56
27*
8.00
152
36.84
0
0
2
0
6
0
First-class
529
541
192
3678
91
10.53
0
3
187
0
List A
481
195
118
763
27*
9.90
0
0
110
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
38
4433
1951
73
7/46
10/70
26.72
2.64
60.7
3
3
1
ODIs
22
22
1152
713
24
4/29
4/29
29.70
3.71
48.0
1
0
0
First-class
529
91271
41772
1722
8/37
24.25
2.74
53.0
85
12
List A
481
23208
13278
674
5/8
5/8
19.70
3.43
34.4
26
8
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Delhi, Dec 17-22, 1976 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at Leeds, Jun 19-23, 1986 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Scarborough, Aug 26, 1976 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Feb 14, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1967 - 1989
List A span
1968 - 1990
Profile
It wasn't John Lever's fault that he could never match the brilliance of his maiden Test, in which he took 7 for 46 and 3 for 24 at Delhi in 1976-77. A left-arm fast-medium seamer notable for stamina and fitness, "JK's" stock delivery, the inswinger, often stubbornly refused to move even in conducive conditions in England. At Delhi, however, he had a stroke of luck. Early in the Indian innings a ball that was hardly moving at all lost its shape, and was replaced by one that swung prodigiously. From 43 for 1 India plunged to 49 for 4 in 16 balls from Lever, and eventually lost by an innings. Lever finished the series atop England's averages with 26 wickets at 14.61. In 16 subsequent Tests, however, his 47 wickets cost 33.42 each. He continued with Essex into cricketing old age, and then moved seamlessly into school coaching, as well as helping out with counties.
John Thicknesse
