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Former Test Cricket Great Fred
Trueman passes away |
July 02, 2006
The first bowler in Test Cricket to take 300
victims, England's Fred Trueman passed away on
Saturday at the age of 75. "Fiery Fred" as he
was called was suffering from Lung Cancer. Trueman had played 67 Tests in which he had
taken 307 wickets at just 21.57 and at an
impressive strike rate of 49.43! He had taken an
incredible 2304 first class wickets and his
International Career had lasted for 13 years.
Trueman had made his Test match Debut against
India at Headingley, Leeds in 1952. The former
great had taken 7 wickets on his Test Match
Debut, but what was more staggering was the fact
that he was responsible for India being 4
wickets down for 0 on the board in the 2nd
innings with Trueman picking up the wickets of
Pankaj Roy, Madhav Mantri and Vijay Manjrekar in
his first spell. Trueman also served as a BBC
Commentator. For the record, Frederick Sewards
Trueman picked up 17 five wicket hauls in an
innings and 3 ten wicket hauls in a match. His
300th wicket had come during the 5th Test
against Australia in 1964 at The Oval.
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