1 hour ago Former Warwickshire wicketkeeper Keith Piper has died astatine the property of 56.
Piper spent 16 years with the Bears and was a cardinal portion of the club's treble-winning broadside successful 1994.
Under the captaincy of Dermot Reeve, Warwickshire won the County Championship, the 40-over Sunday league and 55-over Benson and Hedges Cup and were lone denied a cleanable expanse of silverware by rivals Worcestershire successful the 60-over Natwest Trophy last astatine Lord's.
That twelvemonth Piper claimed 66 red-ball dismissals, including a region grounds 7 catches successful an innings against Essex and scored a career-best unbeaten 116 against Durham astatine Edgbaston, supporting Brian Lara successful his world-record innings of 501 not out.
That period was 1 of two, on with 14 half-centuries, successful his 4,618 first-class runs.
In total, helium claimed 540 first-class dismissals, including much than 500 catches, and added different 308 dismissals successful one-day games.
Piper helped Warwickshire triumph 10 trophies betwixt his debut successful 1989 and his last play successful 2005.
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