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London: Former England all-rounder Trevor Bailey has died in a house fire, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Thursday.
Bailey, 87, who played 61 Tests during a 10-year international career, died early on Thursday in a fire at his home, the ECB said in a statement.
Firefighters later said they had rescued Bailey's wife, Greta, from the blaze.
Bailey, who also enjoyed a 21-year career with Essex before finding success as a cricket writer and broadcaster, was known as "barnacle" following several stubborn stints at the crease.
Arguably his most famous innings came in the Lord's Test against Australia in 1953, when along with Willie Watson, he helped stave off defeat which enabled England to retain the Ashes.
"Trevor Bailey was not only one of the finest all-round cricketers this country has ever produced, he was also someone who made an enormous contribution to the game as an administrator and as a writer and broadcaster," ECB chairman Giles Clarke said in a statement Thursday.
He scored 2,290 Test runs at an average of 29.74, with a best of 134 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1951, his lone century, and 10 fifties, while Bailey's right-arm fast medium bowling yielded 132 wickets at 29.21.
