won the first Man of the Match award in ODI history. The following summer, Surrey won the County Championship for the first time since 1958, with Edrich's batting being an important factor in the county's success. By now, Stewart had dropped down the order to number three, and Edrich had formed another successful opening partnership with Mike Edwards. Stewart retired after the 1972 season, and from 1973 to 1977 Edrich succeeded him as Surrey's captain. On the tour of Australia in 1974–75, his fortune regarding injuries did not improve. In the first Test a ball from aggressive pace bowler Dennis Lillee struck his hand and broke it, although he was able to continue batting. In the Fourth Test, the then captain Mike Denness dropped himself and Edrich was subsequently named as captain. He had little luck in that game when Lillee broke his ribs with the first ball of his second innings, although he did recover to bat later on, scoring 33 runs. England lost the test, and it was to be his only appearance as captain. During the 1977 county cricket season, Edrich scored his 100th first-class century, playing for Surrey against Derbyshire. In the same year he was appointed an MBE for services to cricket. Edrich finished his first-class career in 1978, having scored 39,790 runs. He became a Test selector in 1981. In 1995 he was named as England's batting coach. In the summer of 2000, it was announced that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of incurable leukaemia known as Waldenstrom's, and he was told that he had seven years to live. In an interview with The Independent, following his diagnosis, Edrich said: In 2006–07 he served as President of Surrey County Cricket Club. In 2012 he said he had been cured of cancer by a course of injections of mistletoe extract, and was fit and active again. He lived in Aberdeenshire. Edrich died on 23 December 2020 at his home in north Scotland, aged 83. References External links John 1937 births 2020 deaths Military personnel from Norfolk 20th-century British Army personnel British Army soldiers Combined Services cricketers D. H. Robins' XI cricketers England One Day International cricketers England Test cricket captains England Test cricketers England cricket team selectors English cricketers of 1946 to 1968 English cricketers International Cavaliers cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Members of the Order of the British Empire Norfolk cricketers