Sydney. Former Australian Test cricketer and hockey Olympian Brian Booth has passed away. He was 89 years old. Cricket Australia gave this information on Saturday.
Booth played 29 Test matches for Australia, in two of which he was the captain. He scored five centuries in his Test career. He was a key member of the Australian cricket team in the early 1960s. He scored 1773 runs at an average of 42.21 in Test cricket.
Along with this, Booth also represented Australia’s hockey team in the Olympic Games played in Melbourne in 1956. The cause of his death has not been disclosed. Booth, a middle-order batsman, scored a century in his first home Test against England in 1962. After this, he also scored a century in the next Test match played in Melbourne.