The Asia Cup 2025 is being played and the tournament is now moving towards its last stop. Super-4 matches are being played in the tournament and the final match of the tournament will be played after just 5 days. The tournament has stood at a very interesting turn and every match is no less than a knockout.
A news has been heard between the Asia Cup 2025 (Asia Cup 2025) which all the sports lovers have become very disappointed after hearing it. According to the news, a cricket veteran has died accidentally. Many veteran celebrities have prayed for the peace of the deceased soul and expressed their condolences to the family.
This legend died between Asia Cup 2025
Asia Cup 2025 is being played and every match to be played is getting interesting and it is being said that the tournament can demolish many records in terms of viewership. But in the meantime, the death of a veteran has disappointed everyone. For your information, let us tell you that veteran umpire Dickey Bird died at home at the age of 92. Dicky was ill for a long time and was undergoing treatment.
It is with profound sadness that the yorkshire county cricket club announs the passing of harld dennis “dickie” Bird mbe obe, one of cricket’s most beloved figures, who died penfully a Home at the age of 92.
– Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireccC) September 23, 2025
Dicky Bird started his cricket career in 1956 with Yorkshire and he kept playing for this club for many years. However, in the last round of his career, he left Yorkshire and became part of Listershire’s team and played his career last match for Listershire.
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There was a special connection of Dickey Bird from Dravid-Ganguli
The veteran umpire Dickey Bird started his umpiring career in 1973 and he appeared as an umpire till 1996. He made the last umpiring in the match in which former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made their debut in Test cricket. In this match, Rahul Dravid scored 95 runs while batting and Sourav Ganguly scored 131 runs.
This type of cricket career
If we talk about the cricket career of veteran umpire Dicky Bird, then his career has been very good. Playing in his career, he has scored 3314 runs in 170 innings of 93 first -class matches at an average of 20.71. During this time he has played 2 half -century and 14 half -century innings. During this time his best score is an unbeaten 181* run.
At the same time, talking about his umpiring career, he has captained 66 Test matches and with this he has done umpiring in 69 ODI matches. These 7 women have also been umpiring in ODI matches. They were in the role of the main umpire in all the matches.
FAQS
How many Test matches have Dickey Bird umpiring?
Dicky Bird has umpiring in a total of 66 Tests.
How many ODI matches have Dickey Bird umpiring?
Dicky Bird has umpted a total of 69 ODI matches.
How many centuries have Dickey Bird scored in the first class?
Dicky Bird has scored a total of 2 centuries in the first class.
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