1954 English cricket season

1954 English cricket season

Pakistan toured England for the first time in the 1954 English cricket season and drew the series of four Test matches.[1]

Surrey won the County Championship for the third successive year.[2] [3]

Honours

Test series

England could only draw the series with Pakistan 1–1, with the other two matches badly affected by the poor weather of the summer and left drawn. Pakistan won the final Test to square the series thanks to a marvellous seam bowling performance by Fazal Mahmood, who took 6-53 and 6-46 at The Oval.

County Championship

Leading batsmen

Denis Compton topped the averages with 1524 runs @ 58.62

Leading bowlers

Brian Statham topped the averages with 92 wickets @ 14.13

References

  1. "Pakistan in England, 1954". ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  3. Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6.

Annual reviews

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