Overview

• Yorkshire County Cricket Club confirmed his death and paid tribute to him as a "national treasure."
• Across 1973–1996 he officiated 66 Tests and 69 ODIs, including three Cricket World Cup finals.
• Tributes from clubs, former players and broadcasters have poured in worldwide, with Yorkshire to announce memorial plans in due course.
• Before turning to umpiring, the Barnsley-born former batsman played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and Leicestershire until injury ended his career.
• He served as Yorkshire president from 2014, was appointed MBE in 1986 and OBE in 2012, and received a guard of honour at his final Test at Lord’s in 1996.