(Reuters) – Alan Davidson, the primary participant to attain 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a single take a look at match, has died on the age of 92, Cricket Australia introduced on Saturday.
The New South Wales all-rounder, a left-arm swing bowler who claimed 186 wickets and scored 1328 runs throughout his profession, performed in 44 assessments for Australia and was inducted into the Worldwide Cricket Council’s Corridor of Fame in 2011.
“Alan Davidson’s passing is a tragic second for Australian cricket and for cricket internationally,” CA chair Richard Freudenstein stated in a press release.
“Alan was a colossal determine in our sport, not solely as one of many most interesting gamers to have represented Australia and NSW, however for the constructive affect he exerted throughout the sport as an administrator, mentor and benefactor.
“The super ability and the boundless spirit with which Alan embraced cricket and life embodied all the pieces that’s nice in regards to the sport.
“He’ll stay a shining instance for each participant who follows in his footsteps.”
Davidson made his take a look at debut for Australia in the course of the 1953 Ashes sequence and in 1960 he turned the primary participant to take 10 wickets and rating 100 runs in a single take a look at.
Taking part in with a damaged finger, Davidson hit a swashbuckling 80 on the ultimate day in Brisbane to assist the Australians draw with the West Indies.
After retirement, Davison spent 5 years as an Australian take a look at selector from 1979 till 1984.
The flag on the Members Pavilion on the Sydney Cricket Floor, the place Davidson served as a trustee for 20 years, was lowered to half-mast in tribute.
His dying comes a day after Ashley Mallett https://www.reuters.com/article/cricket-australia/cricket-australian-spin-great-mallett-dies-at-76-report-idUKL4N2RP3L6, one among Australia’s biggest spin bowlers, died in Adelaide from most cancers.
(Reporting by Michael Church; Enhancing by William Mallard)
