Illingworth played 61 Tests for
England between 1958 and 1973He served as chair of selectors and England coach in the 1990sThe former England captain Ray Illingworth has died at the age of 89, Yorkshire
Cricket club announced on Saturday. Illingworth, one of the few men to lead England to a Test series victory in Australia, in 1970-71, had been undergoing radiotherapy for esophageal
cancer.
Illingworth played 61 Tests between 1958 and 1973, scoring 1,836 Test runs at an average of 23.24 and claimed 122 wickets at 31.20. He captained England 31 times, winning 12 of those matches.