Former Check batter and administrator Subba Row dies elderly 92

Subba Row performed 13 Exams for England between 1958 and 1961, scoring 3 loads and averaging 46.85, however retired from the sport after his ultimate world look, on the age of 29. He went directly to discovered a public members of the family company however remained as regards to the sport, serving as chairman of Surrey and serving to to determine the Check and County Cricket Board (TCCB) – the forerunner of the ECB.

Previous to his dying, he was once England oldest residing males’s Check cricketer.

“We’re extraordinarily saddened to listen to of Raman’s passing,” Richard Thompson, ECB chair, mentioned. “He was once an excellent cricket guy and his outstanding cricket occupation noticed luck each off and on the sector – as a participant, legit, administrator and Chair of each Surrey and the Check and County Cricket Board. Our game owes him a huge debt of gratitude, and on behalf of the ECB, we wish to ship our trustworthy condolences to Raman’s family and friends at this unhappy time.”

Born in Streatham, Subba Row made his Surrey debut in 1953, as a part of the crew captained by means of Stuart Surridge that gained seven County Championships in a row. He left to enroll in Northamptonshire in 1955 and turned into captain in 1958, profitable an England debut in opposition to New Zealand the similar summer season.

A finger damage avoided him from collaborating within the 1958-59 Ashes however by means of 1961 he was once established within the facet for the consult with of Australia and scored centuries within the first and 5th Exams, as England secured a 2-2 draw.

General, Subba Row’s firstclass occupation spanned ten years and 260 fits, all through which he scored greater than 14,000 runs and took 87 wickets together with his legspin.

After his retirement from taking part in, he was once a key determine within the growing the economic facet of Surrey and The Oval, in addition to main the best way within the basis of the TCCB – of which he served as chairman between 1985 and 1990 – to run the English sport. He additionally served as supervisor of England’s excursion to India and Sri Lanka in 1981-82.

In 1991 he was once awarded a CBE for services and products to cricket. Between 1992 and 2001 he was once a fit referee for the ICC, overseeing 41 Exams and 119 ODIs.

Wasim Khan, the ICC’s basic supervisor of cricket, mentioned: “It’s unhappy to listen to of the passing of Raman and I wish to lengthen inner most condolences on behalf of everybody on the ICC.

“Raman was once a revered cricketer of his technology, who went directly to develop into the chair of the Check and County Cricket Board. He was once additionally one of the most earliest ICC fit referees, officiating very ably in several portions of the sector.”