- Raman Subba Row was England’s oldest surviving Check participant
- He performed 13 occasions for England between 1958 and 1961, scoring 984 runs
- His two centuries helped save England from defeat within the 1961 Ashes collection
Cricket is mourning the demise of Raman Subba Row, who has died on the age of 92 and was England’s oldest surviving Check participant – a mantle that now passes to Micky Stewart.
Subba Row gained 13 caps between 1958 and 1961, scoring 984 runs at just below 47. That included 94 in solely his second Check, towards India at The Oval, a century in his third, towards West Indies in Guyana, and two extra tons of in his remaining collection – the 1961 Ashes.
Each his centuries towards Australia, at Edgbaston and The Oval, helped save England from defeat.
In between, he made 49 at Previous Trafford, earlier than turning into one in every of six victims for Richie Benaud on a well-known remaining day which ensured Australia retained the urn.
In all, Subba Row scored over 14,000 first-class runs, half of them for the Northamptonshire facet he joined and later captained after two seasons at Surrey.
Raman Subba Row performed 13 occasions for England between 1958 and 1961, scoring 984 runs
The 300 he made towards his outdated county at The Oval in 1958 remained a Northants document till Mal Loye broke it 40 years later.
However with the English cricket authorities asking questions on his standing as an beginner, he retired from the sport aged simply 29 to give attention to his enterprise pursuits.
He didn’t, although, depart cricket altogether, managing England’s tour of India and Sri Lanka in 1981-82, and serving as president of each Surrey, between 1985 and 1990, and the outdated TCCB, forerunners to the ECB. He was additionally an ICC match referee for nearly a decade.
A left-hander with a strong drive, Subba Row possessed ‘monolithic focus and unshakable willpower,’ in line with his county team-mate and England quick bowler Frank Tyson.
