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1964 English cricket season

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1964 was the 65th season of County Championship cricket in England. Australia retained The Ashes as Bob Simpson led them through a hard-fought series, with only one match coming to a definite result. In domestic cricket, Worcestershire won the County Championship for the first time and Sussex retained the Gillette Cup List A competition.

Honours

Test series

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Australia retained the Ashes by beating England 1–0. Australia won the Third Test at Headingley and the other four were all drawn. In the match that Australia won, they were 187–7 in reply to England's 268 when Ted Dexter decided to take the new ball. In response, Peter Burge, the last recognised batsman, went on the attack. He scored 160, well supported by Neil Hawke and Wally Grout, and the last three wickets added 211. 121 behind on first innings, England could not recover. Since a draw in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford would ensure that Australia would retain the Ashes, they batted on until they had reached 656–8 before declaring, with Bobby Simpson scoring 311, his first Test century. England responded with 611 (Ken Barrington 256, Ted Dexter 174) and the match ended in the dullest of draws.

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width="150" | Cumulative record – Test wins

! width="50" | 1876–1964

style="text-align:left;"|England

|64

style="text-align:left;"|Australia

|78

style="text-align:left;"|Drawn

|51

County Championship

{{main article|1964 County Championship}}

Gillette Cup

{{main article|1964 Gillette Cup}}

Leading batsmen

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1964 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
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! Name

! Innings

! Runs

! Highest

! Average

! 100s

| Ken Barrington35187225662.404
| Bob Simpson38171431157.135
| Brian Booth361551193*55.393
| Colin Cowdrey37176311755.094
| Tom Graveney51238516454.205
| Geoff Boycott44211017752.756
| Bob Cowper29128711351.483
| Mickey Stewart441980227*50.766

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1964 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
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! Name

! Innings

! Runs

! Highest

! Average

! 100s

| Tom Graveney51238516454.205
| Eric Russell56234219345.925
| Mike Brearley54217816944.445
| Geoff Boycott44211017752.756
| Bob Wilson49203815646.314

Leading bowlers

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1964 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
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! Name

! Balls

! Maidens

! Runs

! Wickets

! Average

| Jim Standenalign="right"| 2534align="right"| 131align="right"| 832align="right"| 6413.00
| Len Coldwellalign="right"| 4417align="right"| 211align="right"| 1518align="right"| 9815.48
| Tony Nicholsonalign="right"| 3490align="right"| 159align="right"| 1193align="right"| 7615.69
| Tom Cartwrightalign="right"| 6878align="right"| 502align="right"| 2141align="right"| 13415.97
| Ian Thomsonalign="right"| 5543align="right"| 293align="right"| 1891align="right"| 11616.30

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1964 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
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! Name

! Balls

! Maidens

! Runs

! Wickets

! Average

| Derek Shackletonalign="right"| 8568align="right"| 568align="right"| 2897align="right"| 14220.40
| Roger Harmanalign="right"| 6787align="right"| 385align="right"| 2858align="right"| 13621.01
| Tom Cartwrightalign="right"| 6878align="right"| 502align="right"| 2141align="right"| 13415.97
| Fred Titmusalign="right"| 6813align="right"| 441align="right"| 2106align="right"| 12317.12
| Ray Illingworthalign="right"| 6074align="right"| 374align="right"| 2131align="right"| 12217.46
| Alan Dixonalign="right"| 6700align="right"| 306align="right"| 2915align="right"| 12223.89

References

{{Reflist}}

Annual reviews

Further reading

  • Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
  • Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
  • Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975

External links

  • [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1964_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summary]

{{English cricket seasons}}

{{County Championship seasons}}

{{Friends Provident Trophy seasons}}

{{Ashes Test series}}

{{International cricket tours of England}}

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Category:1964 in English cricket

Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century