In Memoriam 2016: tributes to international cricketers and officials
Saturday 31 December 2016 14:51, UK
For many, the year 2016 will be remembered for the passing of many famous celebrities.
However, it also marked the passing of many international cricketers and officials who served the game with distinction. Here we pay tribute to them - in chronological order in which they died:
Israr Ali - Pakistan's oldest Test cricketer at the time of his death, he played four Tests having been born in Jalandhar in India, before partition
Andy Ganteaume - Scored 112 in his only Test innings for the West Indies to have the highest Test batting average of them all
Martin Crowe - Kiwi legend who in 1987 became the first player to score 4,000 first-class runs in a calendar year for forty years. The only man to be dismissed for 299 in Test cricket
David Abbott - Umpired the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and International XI at Lower Hutt in 1982
Rangy Nanan - Took four wickets in his only Test - for West Indies against Pakistan at Faisalabad in December 1980
Ian Robinson - Zimbabwe's most senior umpire, he officiated in 28 Tests and 90 ODIs between 1992 and 2004
Ruth Westbrook - Earned 11 Test caps as a wicketkeeper-batsman and became England women's first full-time head coach, winning the 1993 World Cup
JJ Warr - Captained Middlesex for three years before retiring and subsequently became MCC President and a member of the Jockey Club
Jim Pothecary - Took 53 wickets on South Africa's tour of England in 1960 including nine in his three Test appearances
Deepak Shodhan - the first player to score a century in the first innings of his first Test for India, but only played two further Tests
Bart Hartong - Umpired four Women's ODI matches between 2003 and 2007 and was TV Umpire for two ODIs in 2011
Donald Carr - Played two Tests for England and later served as Secretary of Derbyshire, Assistant Secretary of the MCC and Secretary of the TCCB
Audrey Didsbury - Played ten Tests and six ODIs, captaining the International XI in the 1973 Women's World Cup
Fiqre Crockwell - Played two ODIs for Bermuda in 2009 as wicket-keeper
Javed Akhtar - made one Test appearance for Pakistan in 1962 but made up for it by umpiring in 18 Tests and 40 ODIs between 1976 and 1999
Jen Jacobs - represented Australia in seven Test matches, scoring 136 runs to go alongside eight wickets. In 13 one-day internationals she scored 235 runs and picked up three wickets
Hanif Mohammad - Pakistani legend and former record holder of the highest individual score in first-class cricket with 499. Pakistan's first great batsman
Subrata Banerjee - umpired 13 ODIs between 1983 and 1998 and also worked as an umpire coach for the BCCI
Len Maddocks - kept wicket in seven Tests for Australia in the mid-50s and will be remembered as Jim Laker's final victim of his 19 at Old Trafford in 1956
Lindsay Tuckett - the world's oldest surviving Test cricketer at 97 at the time of his death, he played nine Tests for South Africa between 1947 and 1949
Ken Higgs - Lancashire stalwart who played 15 Tests, taking 71 wickets at just 20.74 each. Took more than 1500 first-class wickets in all
Betty Birch - played eight Tests for England in the 1950s, and taught PE at Lady Margaret School in Parsons Green, London
Max Walker - larger-than-life, key member of the successful Australian teams of the 1970s in which he played 34 Tests, taking 138 wickets
John Gleeson - leg-spinner who took 93 wickets in 29 Tests for Australia from 1967 to 1972
Trevor Goddard - one of the great all-rounders, he scored 2516 Test runs and took 123 wickets, leading South Africa with distinction in 13 Tests
Sid O'Linn - an obdurate left-hand batsman and stand-in wicketkeeper, he had played seven Tests for South Africa between 1960 and 1961 as well as playing football for Charlton Athletic
Joyce Dalton - played three Tests for Australia in the 1958 series with England, scoring an unbeaten 59 in her final innings at Perth
Imtiaz Ahmed - played 41 Tests for Pakistan and became the first wicket-keeper to score a Test double-century in 1955
