LONDON: Glamorgan great Don Shepherd has died aged 90, the Welsh county announced on Saturday.

Shepherd took more wickets than any other England qualified-bowler never to play Test cricket and finished with a first-class tally of 2,218 following a career of more than 20 years that saw him help Glamorgan win the 1969 County Championship.

“Deeply sad & upsetting news our great friend & club legend, Don Shepherd, passed away yesterday (Friday),” Glamorgan tweeted. “Thoughts with his family and friends.”

s well as the County Championship title, other career highlights for Shepherd included a match haul of nine for 93 when Glamorgan beat the touring Australians at Swansea in 1964.

He was also Glamorgan’s captain when they again defeated Australia four years later.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2017