David Sewell
Encyclopedia
David Graham Sewell is a New Zealand
cricket
er. He played one Test match
for New Zealand
in 1997. He is a former member of the Otago team and he plays for North Otago
in the Hawke Cup
.
Sewell was born in Christchurch
. He is a right-handed batsman, and a left-handed fast-medium bowler. He has played in only one Test match, where he acquired one run, not out.
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He played one Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
for New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
in 1997. He is a former member of the Otago team and he plays for North Otago
North Otago Cricket
The North Otago Cricket Association was founded in 1899 for the growing interest of cricket in the district. The NOCA is now over 100 years old and the cricket is as strong as ever, being a recent holder of the Hawke Cup, and the Oamaru Cricket Club being the third oldest cricket club in New...
in the Hawke Cup
Hawke Cup
The Hawke Cup is a cricket competition for New Zealand's District Associations. Apart from 1910/11, 1912/13 and 2000/01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. In order to win the Hawke Cup the challenger must beat the holder on their home ground...
.
Sewell was born in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
. He is a right-handed batsman, and a left-handed fast-medium bowler. He has played in only one Test match, where he acquired one run, not out.