This is shocking news, here's his stats for the young blokes who don't remember him playing for Australia.
Full Name: David William Hookes
Born: 3 May 1955, Mile End, Adelaide, South Australia
Died: 19 January 2004, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria
Major Teams: Australia, South Australia.
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Other: Commentator, Coach
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Test Debut: Australia v England at Melbourne, Only Test, 1976/77
Last Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, 1985/86
ODI Debut: Australia v England at Manchester, Prudential Trophy, 1977
Last ODI: Australia v India at Brisbane, World Series Cup, 1985/86
Victorian coach 2002-03 to 2003-04
Career Statistics:TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 23 41 3 1306 143* 34.36 1 8 12 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 16 4 41 1 41.00 1-4 0 0 96.0 2.56
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct Batting & Fielding 39 36 2 826 76 24.29 72.07 0 5 11
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 4.5 0 28 1 28.00 1-2 0 0 29.0 5.79
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1975/76 - 1991/92)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 178 304 16 12671 306* 43.99 32 65 167 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 4290 127 2379 41 58.02 3-58 0 0 104.6 3.32
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1975/76 - 1991/92)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 82 78 4 2041 101 27.58 1 11 37 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 591 9 502 15 33.46 5-41 0 1 39.4 5.09
Wisden overview
Five handsome hundreds in six innings in 1976-77 turned blond left-hander David Hookes from a promising Sheffield Shield cricketer into Australian cricket's great white hope, a billing to which he never quite lived up. After he famously struck Tony Greig for five consecutive fours during his debut in the Melbourne Centenary Test, he was a star attraction of the World Series Cricket circuit, but lost his way thereafter thanks to injury and rather rudimentary footwork, perhaps in part attributable to a fearsome blow he received while batting against Andy Roberts - his jaw was broken in three places. Hookes's only Test century came during Australia's inaugural Test against Sri Lanka at Kandy in 1982-83. At Sheffield Shield level, however, he treated Adelaide Oval as his personal exhibition centre, its short square boundaries scarcely a challenge to a batsman of his power: his record-breaking hundred there in November 1982 against Victoria ended in the time it takes most batsmen to play themselves in. He later became an outspoken TV commentator and coach of Victoria, but his life ended in tragedy at the age of 48 in January 2004, when he was killed in a scuffle outside a Melbourne hotel. He had been celebrating his side's victory over South Australia.
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