Clipdex page for "Illingworth, Raymond"
- Name:
- Illingworth, Raymond
- Nickname:
- Ray, Illy
- Date of Birth:
- 08 Jun 1932
- Gender:
- Men
- Place of Birth:
- Pudsey, Yorkshire
- Date Died:
- 25 Dec 2021
- Career:
- Teams:
1970/71: Illy regains the Ashes with Snow
- Howstat Statistics:
- Test Career
ODI Career
- External Links:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Illingworth
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ray-illingworth-15385
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- Player profile:
Ray Illingworth: Ashes winning skipper and controversial character
Born in Pudsey on 8 June 1932, Illingworth began playing at his local club in Farsley, where he would reside for nearly all of his life. An all-rounder, Illingworth switched from seam to off-spin in his late teens.
Compulsory national service delayed his progress. Illingworth began his first-class career in 1951, two months after his 19th birthday. It continued for a decade after he played the last of his Tests, before he finally retired from first class cricket in 1983, aged 51.
Illingworth played for Yorkshire during one of their most successful periods and was an influential player in their run of seven County Championship titles in nine years, including three successive triumphs starting in 1966.
He also helped Leicestershire win their first County Championship title in 1975 and played in 61 Tests for England.
Illingworth took over the England captaincy against the West Indies in 1969 after Colin Cowdrey snapped his Achilles Tendon.
In 1970, Illingworth was at the helm for an unofficial five-match home series against a strong Rest of the World side, which England lost 4-1. He continued as captain for the 1970-71 Ashes tour, and thanks in great part to his shrewd, combative leadership, England won the Ashes for the first time in more than a decade. He had several high profile issues with MCC management. He retained the Ashes against Ian Chappell's Australians by drawing the 1972 series. He was sacked from the captaincy in 1973.
His captaincy record was superb - skippered 31 Tests, winning 12, losing 5 and drawing 14.
After his retirement, he remained a pivotal figure in English cricket, first as an uncompromising pundit in TV coverage before being elevated to the status of national supremo in the mid-1990s in which he served as coach and national selector.
In 787 first class games, Illingworth scored 24,134 runs at an average of 28.06 and took 2,072 wickets at 20.27.
Illingworth was one of Wisden's 5 Cricketers of the Year in 1959. He was awarded a CBE in 1973.
He died on Christmas Day in 2021 aged 89.
Source: CricketCrowd Staff Reporter
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