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Tribute to the Bearded Wonder (0)

Bill Frindall spent his working life chronicling the achievements of some of the greats of the cricketing world.

But although debates rage about whether Lara was a better batsman than Tendulkar or Warne a better bowler than Muralitharan, in the field of cricket scoring there is no doubt about who is the number one.

Dubbed "the Bearded Wonder" by Brian Johnston, Bill scored 377 Test Matches since making his Test Match Special debut in 1966 and was the longest serving member of the TMS team.

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Bill Frindall (1939-2009) (0)

BBC Test Match Special statistician and scorer Bill Frindall has died at the age of 69 after suffering from Legionnaire's disease.

Please leave your tributes to the man affectionately known as the Bearded Wonder below.

You can read his valued TMS blog contributions here.


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