Surrey CCC have announced that Lynn Stewart, wife of club legend and former England captain Alec Stewart, has died.
A statement from club chair Ollie Slipper read: “The sincere condolences of everyone at Surrey County Cricket Club are with Alec and the whole Stewart family.
“Our very best wishes are with the family and we will continue to offer any support to them that we are able to. In the meantime, we ask that people respect their privacy at this difficult time.”
Alec Stewart ended his 11-year stint as director of cricket at Surrey last year in order to care for his wife, who suffered with breast cancer for more than 12 years. He took on a new role as high performance director at the club which allowed him to decrease his workload.
Speaking to The Telegraph last year on his wife's illness, Stewart said: “There are bits and pieces that have crept up recently. It’s never going away. It’s managing it... That is, there are some goodish times, and then the last four weeks have been tough for her. And then it’s just putting faith in the oncologist we’ve had from day one, who’s been brilliant. But yes, now I’ve got housework duties, cooking duties and other duties on the agenda which I do to the best of my ability, which isn’t great, but you’ve got to try, haven’t you?
“It is two weeks on and two weeks off with chemo and the oncologist has said we will attack it with vigour. And hopefully make life more pleasant. So it’s just managing it really, dealing with it, which is what we’ve always done. She’s the brave one.”
The flags over the pavilion at The Oval will be flown at half-mast on the final day of Surrey's ongoing County Championship fixture against Hampshire as a mark of respect, with Surrey's players wearing black armbands.
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