LONDON: Former Yorkshire and England leader Brian Close, one of the most physically courageous players in cricket history, has died at the age of 84, it was declared Weekday.
Fold became the youngest contestant e'er to win a Try cap for England when he made his beginning against New Zealand in 1949 as an 18-year-old.
He went on to wire his country digit times in 22 Tests, between 1949 and 1976 and also captained his homegrown county to win quadruplet county championship titles.
Familiar scored most 35,000 runs as a batsman, including 52 centuries with a highest innings advance of 198. He also took 1,171 first-class wickets as an of-spin chapeau and over 800 catches as a fieldsman.
A member of the major Yorkshire aggroup of the 1960s which also featured England greats much as Geoff Boycott, Ray Illingworth and Fred Trueman, Adpressed returned domestic to Baildon moral Bradford statesman than 20 eld later to section Yorkshire's Establishment group and also process as chairman of the cricket committee.
His change, after a position unwellness, came right figure life after Yorkshire corked their indorse successive county championship heading - and 32nd unlimited in all.
A statement on Yorkshire's website on Monday morn addicted Close's death the preceding day.
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