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.

Early years and playing career 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. 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.

Coaching career After retiring from playing he delved into the business world for a few years, before in 2000 taking up a coaching role with the Pretoria based franchise, the Nashua Titans where he led them to two T20 trophies and numerous finals. During his time with the Titans he was also appointed as the South Africa U19 Head Coach on a tour to England and the South Africa A team Head Coach in a series against the Sri Lankans. Nosworthy left the Titans in March 2005, and following this was briefly the head coach of the United Cricket Board's (now Cricket South Africa) National Academy.

Nosworthy then left South Africa for New Zealand where he in July 2005 he was appointed head coach of the Canterbury cricket team, Nosworthy lead the team to a State Championship title in 2007–08 and victories in the State Shield and the Twenty20 competition in 2005–06. In 2007, Nosworthy was appointed as the coach for the New Zealand A team tour to Australia as part of the Emerging Players tournament. In June 2007 it was also reported that Nosworthy had applied for the Indian national team position.

In December 2012, Nosworthy was appointed as Somerset County Cricket Club's Director of Cricket, following Brian Rose who stepped down at the end of the 2012 season. On 29 August 2014, Somerset announced that Nosworthy was to leave his position at the end of the 2014 season.