WORCESTERSHIRE legend Tom Graveney has died aged 88 after a long battle against Parkinson’s disease.

Graveney was a prolific scorer after moving to New Road from Gloucestershire in 1961 and had a major part in the 1964 and 1965 County Championship triumphs.

He made his Test debut in 1951 and earned a recall to the England side in 1966 at the age of 39.

Graveney won 24 more caps and made 79 Test appearances, scoring 4,882 runs at an average of 44.38.

He amassed 47,793 first-class runs at an average of 44.38, which included 122 hundreds.

After retiring from the game in the early 1970s, Graveney became a respected television summariser on the game.

He was Worcestershire president from 1994 to 1998 and continued to visit New Road regularly, attending this year's Worcestershire Old Players' Association Day.

Worcestershire chief executive David Leatherdale said: "Tom has been a major figure in Worcestershire's history and everyone at the club is saddened by the news and our thoughts go out to the Graveney family at this sad time.

"He was one of the stalwarts of our first two Championship triumphs and will be hugely missed by everyone at Worcestershire and by cricket as a whole."