Veteran scorer Blessington Thomas dies at 57

Blessington Thomas 1950-2007 © Cricinfo Ltd.

Blessington Thomas, a senior scorer and statistician who was an official scorer with the BCCI and worked for more than 30 years with the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), has died in Hyderabad following a heart attack. He was 57.

Blessington began his scoring career during the Moin-ud-Dowla tournament in 1971 and went on to become the HCA's official scorer and statistician. He was also involved in training younger scorers at the national level and managed the HCA's website.

Blessington had been involved with Cricinfo since 1998, providing match reports and statistical analysis and helping with coordination of scores for matches played by Hyderabad and Andhra at the domestic level. He was also a member of the Association for Cricket Statisticians and Scorers in India, an organisation which has been in existence since 1987.