BBCNEWS BBC News December 25, 2021 16:12:00
Administrator of english cricket as selector and coach, he didn't secure the results or the dressing room harmony he once sought as a captain. i have fined michael on two counts. first, for using dirt. secondly, for giving incomplete evidence to the match referee. at his adopted county, leicestershire, and his native yorkshire, he was a master technician. the australians regarded his england as the mentally toughest opponents they faced. there is no higher compliment for a man who spanned the decades of post—war cricket. ray illingworth, whose death has been announced today at the age of 89....