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The Independent UK
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Rory Dollard

YOU WONT BELIEVE: England stars past and present pay tribute to fierce competitor david lawrence - What They Never Told You

England players take part in a minute’s applause for the late David Lawrence ahead of day three of the India Test (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Phil Tufnell remembered his former England team-mate David ‘Syd’ Lawrence as a “fierce competitor” and “a great friend” after his death from motor neurone disease.

Lawrence has died at the age of 61, a year on from making his devastating diagnosis public.

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