7 January – The famous Lime tree at Canterbury's St Lawrence Ground. 27 February – Allan Rae, 82, Jamaica and West Indies 1 March – Brian Luckhurst, Kent County Cricket Club and England 5 March – David Sheppard, 75, Sussex County Cricket Club and England 25 March – Ken Suttle, Sussex County Cricket Club, who played a record played 423 consecutive County Championship matches 30 May – Fazal Mahmood, 78, Pakistan medium-pace bowler, Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955 18 June – Syed Mushtaq Ali, 90, India, the first Indian batsman to score a Test century away from home. 26 June – Eknath Solkar, 57, India all-rounder, described by Cricinfo as "one of India's greatest close-in fielders" 5 July – Baloo Gupte, 70, India leg spinner, record-holder of Duleep Trophy best bowling figures with nine for 55 30 November – Denis Lindsay, 66, South Africa wicket-keeper. 30 December – Eddie Barlow, 65, South African opening batsman . See also 2005 English cricket season 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup International cricket in 2005 International cricket in 2005–06 2004 in cricket 2006 in cricket 2005 in sports