ECB mourns former England cricketer John Jameson’s demise

Former English and Warwickshire player John Jameson passed away aged 84 on September 13. His demise has been mourned by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

While he featured in only seven internationals, Jameson was acclaimed as a veteran of First-Class cricket. The wicketkeeper-batter scored 18941 runs in 361 FC matches (611 innings) with 90 half-centuries and 33 centuries to his name. He was also quite a handy batter in the List A format, registering 4492 runs in 173 matches. He snapped 316 catches in FC and List A cricket combined. Apart from his wicketkeeping, Jameson had the ability to bowl some decent medium pace as well.

Speaking of his time at Warwickshire, Jameson was seen as an indispensable member of the squad. He helped his team to emerge as the title-winning side of the 1972 Championship. Amongst various achievements, one of his memorable feats was the record-breaking second-wicket stand of 465 alongside Rohan Kanhai against Gloucestershire in 1974.

“It was one of those days when everything went right. We just kept going and neither of us even gave a chance. We had to declare after 100 overs and it’s probably just as well,” Jameson had previously stated, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

Jameson played four Tests for England with a highest score of 82, a 152-ball knock which came against India at The Oval. However, it was unfortunate that he made history as the first English batter to be run-out twice in the same match.

After retirement, he took role of the head coach at Taunton School. Amongst other services, he umpired from 1984 to 1987, coached Sussex (1988), served as the MCC’s assistant secretary (1989) and was later appointed an MBE in 2010 for his services to cricket. He also played for Warwickshire’s Over-50 side in 1994.