Gavin Edwards

Gavin Derek Edwards (born 14 April 1979) is an English cricketer. Edwards is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Penzance, Cornwall.

Edwards made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 1997 against Cheshire. From 1997 to 2009, he represented the county in 41 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Wales Minor Counties. Edwards also represents Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 2000. From 2000 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches.

Edwards also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His first List A match came against Norfolk in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2003, he represented the county in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 134 runs at a batting average of 44.66, with a high score of 31*. Behind the stumps he took 2 catches and made a single stumping.

Gavin Edwards (writer)

Gavin Edwards is an American writer. A contributing editor for Rolling Stone, he is the author of eight books, including the acclaimed 2013 biography of River Phoenix, Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind and the New York Times bestseller VJ:The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave (with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn). Edwards has written four books on mondegreens and has contributed to The New York Times and Wired, among other publications.

Biography

Edwards was born in New York to Scilla and James Edwards. He graduated from Yale University in 1990 with a BA in English.

Focused primarily on music, Edwards began working as a contributing editor and associate editor at Details in 1991. In 1999, he began writing for Rolling Stone, where, as a contributing editor, he has written 12 cover stories.

Edwards published his first book of misheard lyrics in 1995. Titled 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy, it was published by Touchstone Books.Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums, which Edwards wrote with Travis Barker, was released in October 2015.