Raman Subba Row dies aged 92

Raman Subba Row, the former England opener and ICC match referee who also had a long career in cricket administration, has died aged 92. Subba Column played 13 Tests for Britain somewhere in the range of 1958 and 1961, scoring three hundreds and averaging 46.85, however resigned from the game after his last global appearance, at 29 years old. He happened to establish an advertising firm however stayed near the game, filling in as executive of Surrey and assisting with laying out the Test and District Cricket Board (TCCB) - the precursor of the ECB. Preceding his passing, he was Britain most established living men's Test cricketer. "We are incredibly disheartened to know about Raman's passing," Richard Thompson, ECB seat, said. "He was an incredible cricket man and his momentous cricket vocation saw a good outcome both on and off the field - as a player, official, executive and Seat of both Surrey and the Test and District Cricket Board. Our game owes him a gigantic obligation of appreciation, and for the benefit of the ECB, we might want to send our genuine sympathies to Raman's loved ones at this miserable time." Brought into the world in Streatham, Subba Column made his Surrey debut in 1953, as a component of the group captained by Stuart Surridge that came out on top for seven District Titles in succession. He left to join Northamptonshire in 1955 and became commander in 1958, winning a Britain debut against New Zealand a similar summer. A finger injury kept him from partaking in the 1958-59 Cinders however by 1961 he was laid out in the side for the visit of Australia and scored hundreds of years in the first and fifth Tests, as Britain got a 2-2 draw. Generally speaking, Subba Column's top of the line vocation crossed decade and 260 matches, during which he scored in excess of 14,000 runs and took 87 wickets with his legspin. After his retirement from playing, he was a vital figure in the fostering the business side of Surrey and The Oval, as well as driving the way in the groundwork of the TCCB - of which he filled in as director somewhere in the range of 1985 and 1990 - to run the English game. He additionally filled in as chief of Britain's visit to India and Sri Lanka in 1981-82. In 1991 he was granted a CBE for administrations to cricket. Somewhere in the range of 1992 and 2001 he was a match ref for the ICC, directing 41 Tests and 119 ODIs. Wasim Khan, the ICC's senior supervisor of cricket, said: "It is miserable to know about the death of Raman and I might want to expand most profound sympathies for the benefit of everybody at the ICC. "Raman was a regarded cricketer of his period, who proceeded to turn into the seat of the Test and Province Cricket Board. He was likewise one of the earliest ICC match refs, administering capably in various areas of the planet."