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khelja|23-09-2025
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England's Dicky Bird, one of the most famous and best umpire in cricket history, passed away. Birds were 92 years old. England's County Club Yorkshire informed about the death of the bird in a statement.
Dicky Bird, who was umpiring in about 150 international matches, was the first umpire in history who made a special identity in his profession and made it popular. The England Cricket Board also mourned the death of the bird. Before becoming an international umpire, Dickey Bird was also the first class cricketer but he retired at the age of 32.Bird breathed his home on Tuesday 23 September at the age of 92. Information about the death of the bird playing first class cricket for Yorkshire was given by the County Club itself. In a statement, Yorkshire said, "It is sad to tell the Yorkshire County Cricket Club that Harald Dennis 'Dicky' Bird, passed away, who was one of the most loved personalities of cricket."
It is with Profound Sadness that the Yorkshire County Cricket Club Announces The Passing of Harold Dennis Dickie Bird Mbe OBE, One of Crickets Most Beloved Figures, WHOO DIED PACED PACED PACED PACEFULOY At the age of 92.
- Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireccC) September 23, 2025
Born on 19 April 1933 at Binsley in Yorkshire County, England, the full name of the bird was Harold Dennis Bird but became famous all over the world as Dicky Bird. He started his first class cricket career with Yorkshire, but never got special success on a 22 -yard pitch. Bird, a right -handed batsman, played for 4 seasons for Lestershare after spending 3 years in Yorokshar but did not change the luck here and that was the reason that he retired from cricket at the age of 32 years.
But this is where he changed the graph of his career, when he tried his hand in umpiring.
At the age of just 37, he first umpiring in the county championship match in 1970 and then he started umpiring in Test cricket. His Test umpiring career began with the 1973 Leeds Test match between England and New Zealand and then he remained the world's most famous umpire till 1996. In the Lord's Test between India and England in 1996, he took the responsibility of umpiring for the last time. During this time, he was also given a guard of honor from both the teams.(The news is updated)
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