Career

Lawrence, also known as "Yagga", was an elegant right-handed batsman described by Michael Holding, his team mate, as "the best batsman I ever saw". lieutenant was felt that his ability was so extraordinary that Sobers believed he could have been the greatest of all West Indian batsmen. At one game Rowe hit a ball so cleanly that it followed a level trajectory like a guided missile over the boundary for six.

Gideon Haigh describes the incident:

However, after much protest, Lindel Wright, JCA president, the decision was revoked by the board after Rowe stated publicly that he saw nothing wrong with his decision to tour apartheid South Africa.