Editing Ray Illingworth (section)

{{Short description|English cricketer, commentator and administrator (1932–2021)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name               = Ray Illingworth
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image              = Ray Illingworth.jpg
| caption            = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowling]]
| batting            = Right-handed
| bowling            = Right-arm off break
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1932|06|08|df=yes}}       
| birth_place        = [[Pudsey]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2021|12|25|1932|06|08|df=yes}}
| death_place        = 
| role               = All rounder
| family             =
| international      = true
| country            = England
| testdebutdate      = 24 July
| testdebutyear      = 1958
| testdebutagainst   = New Zealand
| testcap            = 389
| lasttestdate       = 23 August
| lasttestyear       = 1973
| lasttestagainst    = West Indies
| odidebutdate       = 5 January
| odidebutyear       = 1971
| odidebutagainst    = Australia
| odicap              = 7
| lastodidate        = 20 July
| lastodiyear        = 1973
| lastodiagainst     = New Zealand
| club1              = [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
| year1              = 1951–1968
| club2              = [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
| year2              = 1969–1978
| club3              = [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]
| year3              = 1982–1983
| columns            = 4
| column1            = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1           = 61
| runs1              = 1,836
| bat avg1           = 23.24
| 100s/50s1          = 2/5
| top score1         = 113
| deliveries1        = 11,934
| wickets1           = 122
| bowl avg1          = 31.20
| fivefor1           = 3
| tenfor1            = 0
| best bowling1      = 6/29
| catches/stumpings1 = 45/–
| column2            = [[One Day International|ODIs]]
| matches2           = 3
| runs2              = 5
| bat avg2           = 2.50
| 100s/50s2          = 0/0
| top score2         = 4
| deliveries2        = 130
| wickets2           = 4
| bowl avg2          = 21.00
| fivefor2           = 0
| tenfor2            = 0
| best bowling2      = 3/50
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| column3            = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3           = 787
| runs3              = 24,134
| bat avg3           = 28.06  	
| 100s/50s3          = 22/105
| top score3         = 162
| deliveries3        = 117,860
| wickets3           = 2,072
| bowl avg3          = 20.27  	
| fivefor3           = 104
| tenfor3            = 11
| best bowling3      = 9/42  	
| catches/stumpings3 = 446/–
| column4            = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4           = 218
| runs4              = 2,380
| bat avg4           = 26.74  	  	
| 100s/50s4          = 0/4
| top score4         = 79
| deliveries4        = 8,097  	
| wickets4           = 186
| bowl avg4          = 25.19  	  	
| fivefor4           = 3
| tenfor4            = 0
| best bowling4      = 5/20  	
| catches/stumpings4 = 58/–
| date               = 24 November
| year               = 2021
| source             = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ray-illingworth-15385 Cricinfo 
}}

'''Raymond Illingworth''' [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (8 June 1932 – 25 December 2021)<ref name="Gdian2022">{{cite news |title=Raymond Illingworth obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/26/raymond-illingworth-obituary |access-date=26 December 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=26 December 2021}}</ref> was an English cricketer, cricket commentator and administrator. {{As of|2015}}, he was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in [[first-class cricket]].<ref name=Arnold>Arnold, Peter (1986). ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Cricket'', W. H. Smith. {{ISBN|0671089609}}.</ref>{{rp|302}} He played for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] (1951–1968 and 1982–1983), [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] (1969–1978) and [[English cricket team|England]] (1958–1973) and was a [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]] in 1960.