Brian Booth, the former Australia Test captain, has died at the age of 89. Booth played a total of 29 Tests, scoring 1773 runs and taking three wickets.

Brian Booth waited for 16 months –

Booth represented Australia in hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics before he earned his Test cap on the 1961 Ashes tour.

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Booth waited for 16 months to play a Test at home. And when the time arrived, he notched up 112 and 19 not out against England in Brisbane in December, 1962.

Cricket Australia is today mourning the loss of former Test captain Brian Booth MBE.

Our thoughts are with the family of the 89-year-old, who was not only a much-loved middle-order batter, but also represented Australia at the Olympics in hockey. May he rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/IywYUYwvOB

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) May 20, 2023

Brian Booth followed it up with a second hundred in the next Test in Melbourne. He is best remembered for his two hundreds against South Africa – 169 in the first Test in Brisbane and 102 not out in the fifth Test in Sydney.