1964 English cricket season

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

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.

Cumulative record – Test wins 1876-1964
England 64
Australia 78
Drawn 51

County Championship

Gillette Cup

Leading batsmen

1964 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
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
1964 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name Innings Runs Highest Average 100s
Tom Graveney51238516454.205
Eric Russell56234219345.925
Mike Brearley54217816944.445
Geoff Boycott44211017752.756
Bob Wilson49203815646.314

Leading bowlers

1964 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
Name Balls Maidens Runs Wickets Average
Jim Standen25341318326413.00
Len Coldwell441721115189815.48
Tony Nicholson349015911937615.69
Tom Cartwright6878502214113415.97
Ian Thomson5543293189111616.30
1964 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name Balls Maidens Runs Wickets Average
Derek Shackleton8568568289714220.40
Roger Harman6787385285813621.01
Tom Cartwright6878502214113415.97
Fred Titmus6813441210612317.12
Ray Illingworth6074374213112217.46
Alan Dixon6700306291512223.89

References

    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


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