US cricket pioneer passes away

Peter Della Penna’s CricInfo obituary for Cliff Severn
Severn made his USA debut as a 39-year-old alongside 22-year-old brother Winston in 1965 against Canada at Calgary’s Riley Park as part of the longest running international rivalry in international cricket now known as the Auty Cup. He batted at six making 26 and 4 in the drawn two-day match. A year later in the return contest at Sir C. Aubrey Smith Field in Los Angeles, Severn opened the batting for USA while making 24 and 8 in USA’s 54-run win.
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