Subba Row performed 13 Assessments for England between 1958 and 1961, scoring three lots of and averaging 46.85, however retired from the sport after his closing worldwide look, on the age of 29. He went on to discovered a public relations agency however remained near the sport, serving as chairman of Surrey and serving to to ascertain the Check and County Cricket Board (TCCB) – the forerunner of the ECB.
Previous to his demise, he was England oldest residing males’s Check cricketer.
“We’re extraordinarily saddened to listen to of Raman’s passing,” Richard Thompson, ECB chair, stated. “He was an important cricket man and his outstanding cricket profession noticed success each on and off the sector – as a participant, official, administrator and Chair of each Surrey and the Check and County Cricket Board. Our sport owes him an unlimited debt of gratitude, and on behalf of the ECB, we wish to ship our honest 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 group captained by Stuart Surridge that received seven County Championships in a row. He left to hitch Northamptonshire in 1955 and have become captain in 1958, successful an England debut towards New Zealand the identical summer season.
A finger damage prevented him from collaborating within the 1958-59 Ashes however by 1961 he was established within the aspect for the go to of Australia and scored centuries within the first and fifth Assessments, as England secured a 2-2 draw.
Total, Subba Row’s first-class profession spanned ten years and 260 matches, throughout which he scored greater than 14,000 runs and took 87 wickets along with his legspin.
After his retirement from enjoying, he was a key determine within the creating the business aspect 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 recreation. He additionally served as supervisor of England’s tour to India and Sri Lanka in 1981-82.
In 1991 he was awarded a CBE for providers to cricket. Between 1992 and 2001 he was a match referee for the ICC, overseeing 41 Assessments and 119 ODIs.
Wasim Khan, the ICC’s basic supervisor of cricket, stated: “It’s unhappy to listen to of the passing of Raman and I wish to prolong deepest condolences on behalf of everybody on the ICC.
“Raman was a revered cricketer of his period, who went on to grow to be the chair of the Check and County Cricket Board. He was additionally one of many earliest ICC match referees, officiating very ably in numerous elements of the world.”
