JOHANNESBURG, Aug 27: South Africa’s former Test batsman Roy McLean has died in Johannesburg aged 77 after a protracted illness. McLean featured in Test cricket from 1951 to 1964, scoring five centuries. His highest score came in 1955 when he made 142 at Lord’s.

He was one of the few successes on South Africa’s disastrous tour of England in 1960 after which he was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1961 and a year later he led an unofficial tour to England by a team called the Fezelas with eight future Test players were on board, including Eddie Barlow, Colin Bland, Peter Pollock and Denis Lindsay.—Agencies

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