Hugh Morris: Sir Andrew Strauss and Glamorgan chief Dan Cherry pay tribute at funeral

Strauss added: “I was lucky enough to work with Hugh for a long time throughout my career as an England player and most particularly in my time as England captain, so I got to know him very well.

“He was a brilliant cricket administrator, you know, probably overseeing some of England cricket’s greatest times.”

Strauss recalled Morris as “just a very calm, kind, caring guy, the sort of guy where you always knew whatever he said would’ve been well thought out, I think”.

Strauss added: “You know just one of the great cricket men quite frankly. It’s fitting that we’re all willing to come here and celebrate his life and contribution to the game of cricket.

“I think you’ve got to be careful with legacies, things move on so quickly and we forget a lot of what people do. I think his legacy will be yes, he did oversee a great period in English cricket and of course Glamorgan cricket as well as CEO.

“He was a great cricketer as well so I think he will be very satisfied knowing he made a major contribution to the game. The game moves on you know The Hundred, short form cricket all that sort of stuff has taken over.

“But Hugh was a very safe pair of hands as a cricket administrator over a long period of time.”