David Standing

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = David Kevin Standing

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brighton, Sussex, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = 1983–1988

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 43

| runs1 = 1,130

| bat avg1 = 18.83

| 100s/50s1 = –/5

| top score1 = 65

| deliveries1 = 1,385

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 120.83

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/28

| catches/stumpings1 = 17/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 21

| runs2 = 71

| bat avg2 = 17.75

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 42*

| deliveries2 = 594

| wickets2 = 16

| bowl avg2 = 28.81

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 3/28

| catches/stumpings2 = 7/–

| date = 12 March

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20505.html Cricinfo

}}

David Kevin Standing (born 21 October 1963) is an English former cricketer. Standing was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Brighton, Sussex.

Standing made his first-class debut for Sussex against Middlesex in the 1983 County Championship. He made 42 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Middlesex in the 1988 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12091/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by David Standing|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} In his 43 first-class matches for Sussex, he scored a total of 1,130 runs at an average of 18.83, with a high score of 65.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12091/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Standing|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} One of five first-class half centuries he made, this score came against Warwickshire in 1986.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47857.html|title=Warwickshire v Sussex, 1986 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} With the ball, he took just 6 wickets at an expensive bowling average of 120.83, with best figures of 2/28.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12091/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by David Standing|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}}

Standing didn't make his debut in List A cricket for the county until 1985, when he featured against the touring Zimbabweans. He made twenty further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1988 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12091/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by David Standing|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} In his 21 List A appearances, he scored a total of 71 runs at an average of 17.75, with a high score of 42 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12091/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Standing|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} With the ball, he took 16 wickets at an average of 28.81, with best figures of 3/28.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12091/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by David Standing|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}}