Harold “Dickie” Bird, the world’s most experiences Test umpire and one of the most recognisable figures in cricket, has died peacefully at the age of 92.
Bird retired from playing cricket at the age of 32 and officiated a county match for the first time in 1970. By the time he retired, having officiated in 66 Test matches and three World Cup finals, Bird had sold more than a million copies of his autobiography and appearing on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs.
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