1971 English cricket season

1971 English cricket season

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The 1971 English cricket season was the 72nd in which the County Championship had been an official competition. India won a Test series in England for the first time. It was a huge surprise at the time because England, having just won the Ashes in Australia, had a very strong team. England also played Pakistan and won that series 1–0. Surrey won the County Championship.

Honours[]

• County Championship - Surrey
• Gillette Cup - Lancashire
• Sunday League - Worcestershire
• Minor Counties Championship - Yorkshire II
• Second XI Championship - Hampshire II
• Wisden - Geoff Arnold, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Lance Gibbs, Brian Taylor, Zaheer Abbas

Test series[]

1971 saw India tour England for the second half of the domestic season. After drawing the first two tests at Lord's and Old Trafford, India won the final test at The Oval by four wickets to claim the series 1-0. This was India's first victory on England's soil.^[1]

For the first half of the season, England hosted Pakistan. The first two games were drawn, but this time England won the final test at Headingley by 25 runs to take the series 1-0.

County Championship[]

Gillette Cup[]

Sunday League[]

Leading batsmen[]

1971 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Geoffrey Boycott	30	2503	233	100.12	13
Zaheer Abbas	31	1508	274	55.85	4
Keith Fletcher	41	1490	164*	51.37	3
Pasty Harris	45	2238	177	50.86	9
Mike Smith	48	1951	127	50.02	6

1971 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Geoffrey Boycott	30	2503	233	100.12	13
Pasty Harris	45	2238	177	50.86	9
John Edrich	44	2031	195*	47.23	6
Mike Smith	48	1951	127	50.02	6
Barry Richards	45	1938	141*	47.26	2

Leading bowlers[]

1971 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Geoff Arnold	3792	171	1421	83	17.12
Peter Sainsbury	5105	332	1874	107	17.51
Tom Cartwright	5860	407	1852	104	17.80
Don Wilson	3164	210	1095	60	18.25
Norman Featherstone	759	33	329	18	18.27

1971 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Lance Gibbs	6145	296	2475	131	18.89
Peter Sainsbury	5105	332	1874	107	17.51
Tom Cartwright	5860	407	1852	104	17.80
Fred Titmus	6391	341	2355	104	22.64
Intikhab Alam	6106	244	2950	104	28.36

References[]

Annual reviews[]

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1972
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1972

External links[]

• CricketArchive – season and tournament itineraries