Sydney, April 23 -- Former Australia batter Keith Stackpole has died at the age of 84.
The right-handed opener from Victoria played 43 Tests between 1966 and 1974, scoring 2,807
runs at an average of 37.42, including seven centuries.
Stackpole also played in the first ever one-day international, picking up three wickets with his
leg-spin against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1971.
He is perhaps best remembered for his highest Test score, making 207 against England at the
Gabba during the 1970-71 Ashes.
Stackpole went on to be the top scorer in the 1972 Ashes series, where he was Ian Chappell's
vice-captain, with 485 runs, and later became a television and radio commentator, the BBC
reported.
Cricket Australia chairman...