Sachin Tendulkar given Yorkshire's honorary life membership

Sachin Tendulkar played for the County side in 1992.

Sachin Tendulkar played for Yorkshire in the 1992 season © Getty Images

London: Mar 29, 2014

Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who played for Yorkshire in 1992, was also given honorary life membership during a meeting on Saturday. Celebrated former umpire Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird has been elected the new president of his local team Yorkshire, the English county side announced.

Honorary Life Membership has been recognised to @sachin_rt to become the 3rd overseas player to be honoured @darren_lehmann & Sir D Bradman

— Yorkshire CCC (@Yorkshireccc) March 29, 2014

Bird, 80, received 91 percent of the votes from Yorkshire’s members during their annual general meeting and succeeds former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott in the role.

Yorkshire said on their official Twitter page that Bird had accepted to take up the one-year role with a “tear in his eye”.

Bird played for Yorkshire and Leicestershire before becoming arguably the world’s best-known umpire, overseeing 66 Test matches and 69 One-Day Internationals, including three World Cup finals.