Ronnie Chisholm dies aged 79

Ronnie Chisholm, one of Scotland's finest batsmen, has died aged 79. After making his debut in 1948, Chisholm played a record 80 times for his country, scoring 3175 runs including 17 fifties.

"Ronnie was one of the best-loved and most successful cricketers of his generation," Neil Leitch, a historian specialising in Scottish cricket, told The Scotsman. "He was a solid accumulator of runs and a useful leg-spin bowler."

His most notable innings came in 1953 against the touring Australians, in which he struck an unbeaten 55 opening the innings. In addition to appearing for Scotland, he was prolific at club level too - for Aberdeenshire and Stewart's Melville College - amassing over 16,000 runs.

"Ronnie left international cricket on a high with a 50 for Scotland," Hamish More, his former opening partner, said, "in one of the best innings I ever saw him play."