Former Kent and England batsman Peter Richardson has died at the age of 85.

The left-hander joined Kent in 1959 from Worcestershire and played 34 Tests and scored five centuries and nine fifties for England.

Richardson posted a half century in each innings of his England debut in an Ashes Test against Australia at Trent Bridge in 1956.

The opener made his maiden international hundred later in the series at Old Trafford, though his milestone of 104 was slightly overshadowed by Jim Laker's world record 19 wicket haul in the same game.

Richardson was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1957 and played as an amateur before turning professional in 1959 and joining Kent.

During his six seasons at the St Lawrence Ground Richardson scored 9,975 of his 26,055 First Class runs for Kent in 162 matches with an average of 35.88 in 290 innings.

He scored 52 half-centuries and 18 hundreds, amassing more than 1,000 runs in five successive seasons from 1960 to 1964.

His occasional right-arm off-spin also claimed 11 first class wickets - four of them at Kent - and three in Test cricket.

Meanwhile the funeral of another former Kent favourite, David Sayer, will be held at Holy Cross Church, Bearsted, on Wednesday (February 22) at 1pm.

The right-arm fast bowler took 613 First Class wickets at an average of 23.48 in a career spanning 22 years for Kent and Oxford University.

Sayer passed away late last month aged 80.