John EdrichEdrich scored more than 5,000 runs during a 77-Test career, including 12 tonsFormer England batsman John Edrich, who made more than 100 first-class centuries, has died at the age of 83, the England and Wales Cricket Board said Friday. Edrich scored more than 5,000 runs for England during a 77-match Test career, including 12 centuries. The former Surrey captain notched 103 hundreds and more than 39,000 runs in first-class cricket. Former England all-rounder Ian Botham and ex-England and Surrey batsman Mark Butcher led the tributes. Edrich played in the first-ever one-day international, against Australia at Melbourne in 1971, hitting the first boundary, making the first half-century and being named man-of-the-match.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 25, 2020 13:18 UTC