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Former England Batsman John Edrich Passes Away At 83

By IANS News December 25, 2020 • 17:32 PM View: 1076

Former England batsman John Edrich has died at the age of 83, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) informed on Friday.

Edrich, a left-handed batsman, scored more than 5,000 runs for England during a 77-match Test career spanning 13 years between 1963 and 1976. He captained England in one Test. He also partook in the first ever men's One Day International. He scored the first boundary and the first-ever fifty in men's ODI cricket.

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