Former English county cricket captain and respected commentator and journalist Peter Roebuck has died aged 55.
He was found dead in his hotel in Newlands, South Africa, while covering the current Test series between Australia and South Africa for the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Roebuck skippered Somerset in the 1980s before beginning his long media career.
ABC Grandstand manager Craig Norenbergs says Roebuck will be greatly missed.
"Incredibly sad news. He was an integral part of the Grandstand commentary team and apart from being a magnificent print journalist," he said.
"For us he could describe a game of cricket in such a way that even if you didn't like the game, you liked the way that he went about his business.
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