London: Former England cricketer Trevor Bailey, who died in a kitchen fire as he was preparing breakfast at his Essex home, has left 58,000 pounds in his will.
The 87-year-old all-rounder turned media pundit was found lying face down in the doorway to the kitchen when firefighters entered his flat on February 10. His wife Greta escaped the blaze which is believed to have started as the couple made breakfast just after 6 am. A fire investigation found that the blaze centred on a toaster which had a badly burnt flex. According to the Daily Star, an inquest last week was told that Bailey died of smoke inhalation and fell unconscious as the blaze took hold.
Bailey won 61 Test caps between 1949 and 1959, and played for Essex for more than 20 years. He scored 1,000 runs and took 100 wickets in a year several times. (ANI)