ICC expressed grief over the demise of former England Test cricketer and match referee Raman Subba Row

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has expressed condolences on the demise of former England Test cricketer and ICC match referee Raman Subba Row. Subba Row died on Thursday at the age of 92. Raman is survived by his wife Anne, daughter Michelle, son Alistair, 8 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. His eldest son Christopher sadly passed away in 2020.

ICC General Manager of Cricket Wasim Khan remembered Subba Row as a good cricketer who umpired international cricket matches in a very professional manner.

ICC General Manager of Cricket Wasim Khan said via a press release, “I am saddened to hear about Raman’s passing and I would like to express our deepest condolences on behalf of everyone at the ICC. Raman was a respected cricketer of his era, becoming president of the Test and County Cricket Board. He was one of the early ICC match referees, who officiated very efficiently in different parts of the world.”

Born in Streatham, London, in 1932, the Whitgift-educated Raman first came to attention at Cambridge by taking 5 for 21 in a 1951 Varsity match.

In 1953, after university, he began his cricket career with Surrey County Cricket Club at the Oval, London, which he often called his second home. Later that year George Duckworth invited Raman to be part of India’s Commonwealth touring cricket team.

Unable to secure a permanent place in Surrey’s perennial winning team, he moved to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 1955, where he became county captain in 1958. It was this move that caught the attention of the England selectors and earned him a place in the England team against New Zealand on 13 July 1958. He scored centuries in both his first and last Test against Australia in 1961. During his short playing career he scored over 15,000 Test and county runs and took 87 wickets. Raman was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1961.

Subba Row umpired in 41 Test and 119 ODI matches from 1992 to 2001. A left-handed batsman who played 13 Tests from 1958 to 1961, Subba Row scored a total of 984 runs with three centuries, including his last Test against Australia at The Oval.