Surrey are mourning the dying of Lynn Stewart, spouse of Alec, their former captain and director of cricket. She had endured a 12-year battle with breast most cancers.
Flags had been flying at half-mast on Monday morning at The Oval, the place Surrey are enjoying Hampshire within the County Championship, and membership chair Oli Slipper mentioned: ‘The honest condolences of everybody at Surrey County Cricket Membership are with Alec and the entire Stewart household.
‘Our perfect needs are with the household and we are going to proceed to supply any assist to them that we’re in a position to. Within the meantime, we ask that individuals respect their privateness at this troublesome time.’
Alec Stewart, 62, stepped down from the director of cricket job after guiding Surrey to a hat-trick of championship titles in 2024, and took on a task as high-performance cricket advisor – a part-time place that allowed him to spend extra time along with his spouse.
‘I do owe her a while,’ he instructed Sky Sports activities final 12 months when explaining his choice.
He described the choice as ‘the hardest of my working profession’, explaining that he wished to spend extra time along with his household, and he managed simply that earlier than Lynn’s dying.
Surrey are mourning the dying of Lynn Stewart, spouse of Alec, their former captain and director of cricket
Flags had been flying at half-mast this morning at The Oval, the place Surrey are enjoying Hampshire within the county championship
Alec and Lynn had two kids collectively – Andrew and Emily. They joined him and Lynn at Buckingham Palace in 2003 when he acquired his OBE.
Stewart had taken a brief go away of absence from his function as director of cricket to look after Lynn in the beginning of a brand new course of therapy.
Upon giving up the function, he mentioned: ‘Since 2013, I’ve given this job my whole dedication and it has been an honour and a privilege to be part of the best cricket membership on the earth. Nonetheless, the job isn’t one that you may simply go away on the floor, because it calls for 24-7 consideration.
‘As individuals could know, my spouse has been battling most cancers since 2013 and I need to give her, and my household, extra of my time over the approaching years than this job permits.’
Surrey grew to become the dominant drive in pink ball cricket within the county recreation beneath his stewardship, having additionally produced a variety of Take a look at gamers together with the likes of Ben Foakes, Sam Curran and Ollie Pope.
As a participant, he spent his whole enjoying profession with the membership, scoring greater than 26,000 First-Class runs in 447 matches.
Chatting with the Telegraph in October, the previous cricket star opened up on Lynn’s sickness, saying: ‘There are bits and items which have crept up not too long ago. It is by no means going away. It is managing it.
‘That’s, there are some goodish occasions, after which the final 4 weeks have been powerful for her. After which it is simply placing religion within the oncologist we have had from day one, who’s been sensible.
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‘However sure, now I’ve obtained home tasks duties, cooking duties and different duties on the agenda, which I do to one of the best of my potential, which is not nice, however you have to attempt, have not you?
‘It’s two weeks on and two weeks off with chemo and the oncologist has mentioned we are going to assault it with vigour. And hopefully make life extra nice. So it is simply managing it actually, coping with it, which is what we have at all times accomplished. She’s the courageous one.’
Stewart is a well-liked determine in English cricket having performed 133 Take a look at matches for his nation between 1990 and 2003.
Solely James Anderson, Alastair Cook dinner and Stuart Broad have performed extra Take a look at matches for England.
Throughout his time in cost at Surrey, he has been approached by the ECB over a number of England roles however has turned down advances on every event to stay near his household moderately than journey overseas.
