cricket six-and-a-half years after his retirement when he was named in a Western Australian squad to tour India in 1989, at the age of 41. Yardley then played for WA against the touring New Zealanders, Victoria, NSW, and South Australia in the 1989-90 summer. He was criticised for abandoning a grade game to commentate with Channel Nine during a Test match. He took ten wickets at 37.60 then retired for good. "I think I have bowled well enough to play Shield again, but the selectors won't pick me", Yardley said. Post retirement Yardley was appointed the Sri Lankan coach in 1997. He later coached Singapore at the 2001 ICC Trophy He coached Western Australia to their first Imparja Cup in 2009–10. Yardley died of cancer on 27 March 2019 in Kununurra, Western Australia, at the age of 71. References External links 1947 births 2019 deaths Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers Western Australia cricketers Australian cricket commentators Australian cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia Australian cricket coaches Coaches of the Sri Lanka national cricket team Australian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sri Lanka Coaches of the Singapore national cricket team Deaths from cancer in Western Australia