Former Aussie Test spinner dies aged 71

A veteran of 33 Test matches, Yardley died, aged 71, in a West Australian hospital on Wednesday.The West Australian initially started his cricket career as a medium-pace bowler but later turned to offspin.

A gregarious character, Yardley was also renowned as a brilliant gully fieldsman and handy lower-order batsman.He scored four Test half-centuries with a top score of 74 and held the record for Australia's quickest half-century for 38 years after reaching the milestone from 29 balls against he West Indies in 1978.Yardley, who took 344 wickets in 105 first-class matches, became Sri Lanka's coach in the late 1990s.

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Former Australian cricketer and Sri Lanka coach Bruce Yardley dies age 71Bruce Yardley, who was Australia's first choice spinner in the 1980s and went on to be one of the biggest influences on Sri Lankan spin king Muttiah Muralitharan, dies at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer. Very sad news! A great Australian Cricketer! May he Rest In Peace! A bit young-I remember his long stance coming up to the crease: he cast a shadow over every batman he interrupted. A quite magnificent cricketer.
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