Former Australian Test cricket batsman Peter Burge died today in Brisbane, aged 69. Burge is believed to have suffered a heart attack.

The Queensland Cricket Association was not aware of any other details.

Burge played 42 Tests between 1954/55 and 1965/66, scoring 2290 runs at 38.16 with four centuries.

The hard hitting Queenslander also scored almost 15,000 first class runs with 38 hundreds.

He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965.

In recent years Burge had served as an international cricket match referee.

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