LONDON: Matthew Hobden, an English cricketer regarded as one of the most talented up-and-coming players in the country, has died.

He was 22. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced Hobden’s death on Sunday.

It didn’t give a cause of death. Hobden was a seam bowler who had been selected for the Potential England Performance program for each of the last two years.

He played county cricket for Sussex. “As a player, I remember the first time I saw him just thinking, ‘Wow,’” said Kevin Shine, ECB’s lead fast bowling coach.