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Keen on cricket and real tennis, it's been speculated that he died from either a pulmonary embolism or a burst abscess caused by being hit with a ball [3] 20 March 1751: London: James Balchen "Killed by a cricket ball" [4] buried 14 June 1764 Godalming, Surrey: George Summers: Struck on the head by a ball [5] 29 June 1870: Nottingham: John ...
Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an English cricket coach, cricketer, and a commentator.He played in 19 Test matches and six One Day Internationals for the England cricket team and later coached South Africa, Warwickshire and Pakistan.
This is a list of England Test cricketers. A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match ...
The Great Britain Olympic cricket team is an international cricket team that represents the United Kingdom in the Summer Olympic Games. The team for most of history has been inactive with cricket only being present in the 1900 Summer Olympics until its reintroduction for the 2028 Games .
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of English cricket and the England cricket team. The Board has been operating since 1 January 1997 and represents England on the International Cricket Council. The ECB is also responsible for the generation of income from the sale of tickets, sponsorship and broadcasting rights ...
Wilfred Norris Slack (12 December 1954 – 15 January 1989) [1] was an English cricketer, who played in three Test matches and two One Day Internationals for England in 1986.. A left-handed opening batsman, Slack was a victim of mysterious blackouts while playing, and he died, apparently of a heart attack, [2] while batting in The Gambia, aged 34.
Amanda Thorpe, wife of former England cricket star Graham Thorpe, revealed the tragic details of her late husband’s death. In an interview with the U.K.’s The Times, Amanda said her husband ...
Thomas Lloyd Maynard (25 March 1989 – 18 June 2012) was a Welsh professional cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Surrey, and was selected for the England Lions tour to Bangladesh. On the night of his death, he was stopped by police in Wimbledon for erratic driving, and fled across rail tracks at Wimbledon Park tube station , where he was ...