Noel David

Noel Arthur David pronunciation^ⓘ (born 26 February 1971) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Hyderabad and played four One Day Internationals for India in 1997.

Noel Arthur David

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
International information
National side	India
ODI debut (cap 104)	27 April 1997 v West Indies
Last ODI	18 July 1997 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992/93–2001/02	Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA Matches 4 35 48 Runs scored 9 1,379 664 Batting average – 29.97 20.75 100s/50s 0/0 2/8 1/2 Top score 8* 207* 120 Balls bowled 32 3,483 2,193 Wickets 4 51 36 Bowling average 33.35 27.66 43.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/21 4/26 3/21 Catches/stumpings 0/– 12/– 18/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ACC Asia Cup Runner-up 1997 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2006

Early life

When he was five years old, his family moved to Hyderabad from Puducherry. Still, one of his siblings (elder brother) is living in Puducherry. He attended All Saints High School which has produced test players like Abid Ali, Syed Kirmani, Mohammad Azharuddin and Venkatapathy Raju. Already a 100-metre and 200 metre athlete, his fielding developed under coach Sampath Kumar.^[1]

Career

David was a bowling all-rounder - a decent off-break bowler and a lower-order batsman. He was an excellent fielder. David scored a double-century in just his second game as part of Hyderabad's record 944.^[1][2][3]

Sachin Tendulkar is believed to have asked "Noel who?" when he learned that David was the replacement for the injured Javagal Srinath during India's 1997 tour of West Indies. David in a later interview clarified Sachin never said that statement, and it was Ajit Wadekar who did.^[1]

On the other hand, former BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele confirmed there was something fishy about the selection of the unheard-of David.^[4]

Sunil Gavaskar once said that he was the greatest ever fielder for Indian cricket team; along with Caribbean commentator Tony Cozier, Gavaskar compared David with Jonty Rhodes.^[1]

Post retirement

As of 2019^[update], David is chief selector for Hyderabad^[5] as well as chairman of the Junior Selection Committee.^[6] David has an ambition to become the coach of the Hyderabad team.^[1]