IND vs ENG: Who was Larkins? India, England wear black armbands

NEW DELHI: Players from some England and India sported achromatic armbands astatine the commencement of the 2nd Test astatine Edgbaston, Birmingham, successful tribute to erstwhile England cricketer Wayne Larkins, who passed distant connected June 28.

England skipper Ben Stokes won the flip and chose to field. The hosts pb the five-match bid 1-0, having clinched the opening Test with a five-wicket triumph astatine Headingley.

Larkins, who besides represented Northamptonshire and Durham successful home cricket, played 13 Tests and 25 ODIs for England betwixt 1979 and 1991. He made his 2nd quality successful the 1979 World Cup final, wherever helium batted astatine No. 7 and bowled 2 overs.

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One of his astir memorable moments came during England’s 1989-90 circuit of the West Indies, erstwhile helium struck the winning runs astatine Sabina Park to manus his broadside a astonishment 1-0 bid pb — successful conscionable his seventh Test, much than 8 years aft his sixth.

His planetary vocation was curtailed aft helium received a three-year prohibition for participating successful the unofficial 1982 rebel circuit of South Africa.Larkins spent the bulk of his home vocation with Northamptonshire, playing implicit 700 matches. He aboriginal moved to Durham earlier retiring, having amassed implicit 40,000 runs and 85 centuries crossed formats. Known for his elegant strokeplay and charismatic personality, Larkins near an indelible people connected English cricket.

His wife, Debbie, paid an affectional tribute connected the Northamptonshire website:"Ned loved everyone helium met, and everyone loved him. People were drawn to his infectious energy. He lit up each country and ne'er wanted the enactment to finish.""He loved his psyche mate of a woman and his precious daughters truthful much. He volition beryllium partying up successful the sky, drinking a toast to everyone and to his ain life. We are devastated, but we'll ne'er hide his undeniably unsocial beingness and his interaction connected our lives," she added.Between 1978 and 1985, Larkins enjoyed a prolific run, scoring implicit 1,000 first-class runs successful each season. In 1983, helium deed a affluent vein of form, hammering 236 against Derbyshire and 252 against Glamorgan wrong 7 weeks — feats that mightiness person earned him an England recall, if not for the ban.