Andrew Walker Lyon is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Lyon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break

Off break

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. He was born in Poole

Poole

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, Dorset

Dorset

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Lyon made his debut for Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club

Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play...

 in the 1977 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

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. Lyon played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1977 to 1988, which included 110 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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 matches. In 1979, he made his List A debut for Buckinghamshire against Suffolk

Suffolk County Cricket Club

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 in the Gillette Cup

1979 Gillette Cup

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. He played 5 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 in the 1988 NatWest Trophy

1988 NatWest Trophy

The 1988 NatWest Trophy was the 8th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 22 June and 3 September 1988...

. In his 6 List A matches for the county, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average

Bowling average

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 of 42.80, with best figures of 3/71.

In 1981, he appeared in a single List A match for Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 against the touring Sri Lankans. He took 2 wickets in the match, those of Anura Ranasinghe

Anura Ranasinghe

Anura Nandana Ranasinghe was a Sri Lankan cricketer, who represented Sri Lanka at international level 11 times...

 and Yohan Goonasekera

Yohan Goonasekera

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His brother, David

David Lyon (cricketer)

David Walker Lyon is a former English cricketer. Lyon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Douglas, Isle of Man....

, played Minor counties and List A cricket for Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club

Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cambridgeshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.The club is based at The Avenue...

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External links

• Andrew Lyon at ESPNcricinfo
• Andrew Lyon at CricketArchive
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