David Nosworthy

David Owen Nosworthy (born 25 December 1967) is a South African former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium and off break bowler, he enjoyed modest success as a player playing 29 first-class matches and 14 list A games, but has made his name as a coach and his portfolio of first-class coaching roles include the South African franchises Highveld Lions and Nashua Titans, in New Zealand with Canterbury and in England with Somerset.

Nosworthy was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on Christmas Day, 1967 and took up cricket at a young age whilst growing up in Johannesburg. He played cricket for Grey High School in Port Elizabeth where he broke the great batsman Graeme Pollock's record for the most runs in a school season. As a young player he played in England for Yorkshire club side Marsden CC.

Nosworthy made his first class debut in December 1988 for a South African Defence Force XI against Boland, the match was drawn with Nosworthy batting at number 3 scoring 14 and 5. It took Nosworthy a further two seasons to record his first first-class half century, scoring 85 for Northern Transvaal B against Natal B in December 1990. Nosworthy moved from Northern Transvaal to Border cricket team at the end of the 1990/91 season. Nosworthy made the only first-class century of his career whilst captaining the Border B side against Easterns in November 1995, playing in a team including future South Africa test wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, Nosworthy scored 141 not out in his side's draw in match which turned out to be his second last first-class game.