1976 English cricket season ← 1975
1977 →
The 1976 English cricket season was the 77th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. Clive Lloyd adopted a new approach to Test cricket as a battery of pace bowlers was used to intimidate the England batsmen. Lloyd adopted the tactic after his own team's experiences against Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee the previous year. England's batsmen were no match for Andy Roberts and Michael Holding , but even more worrying was a dearth of effective England bowlers and it was West Indian batsmen like Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge who were the real stars of a long, hot, dry summer. Middlesex won the County Championship.
Honours [ ]
County Championship – Middlesex
Gillette Cup – Northamptonshire
Sunday League – Kent
Benson & Hedges Cup – Kent
Minor Counties Championship – Durham
Second XI Championship – Kent II
Wisden – Mike Brearley , Gordon Greenidge , Michael Holding , Vivian Richards , Bob Taylor
Test series [ ]
Main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 1976
After two drawn games in the first two tests, the West Indians won the remaining three test matches to convincingly win the series 3–0.
County Championship [ ]
Gillette Cup [ ]
Main article: 1976 Gillette Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup [ ]
Sunday League [ ]
Main article: 1976 John Player League
Leading batsmen [ ]
1976 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
Name
Innings
Runs
Highest
Average
100s
Zaheer Abbas
39
2554
230*
75.11
11
Viv Richards
25
1724
291
71.83
6
Geoffrey Boycott
24
1288
207*
67.78
5
Dennis Amiss
38
2110
203
65.93
8
Clive Lloyd
26
1363
201*
61.95
3
1976 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name
Innings
Runs
Highest
Average
100s
Zaheer Abbas
39
2554
230*
75.11
11
Dennis Amiss
38
2110
203
65.93
8
Gordon Greenidge
38
1952
134
55.77
8
Ken McEwan
38
1821
156
49.21
6
Brian Davison
41
1818
132
56.81
6
Leading bowlers [ ]
1976 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
Name
Balls
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Michael Holding
2037
111
791
55
14.38
Norman Featherstone
2511
141
901
57
15.80
Asif Iqbal
418
12
214
13
16.46
Peter Sainsbury
3435
228
1236
66
18.72
Vanburn Holder
2342
109
1004
52
19.30
1976 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name
Balls
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Geoff Cope
5500
288
2245
93
24.13
Mike Selvey
3867
130
1913
90
21.25
Phil Edmonds
5321
286
2029
88
23.05
Robin Jackman
3382
120
1760
85
20.70
Sarfraz Nawaz
3836
143
1867
82
22.76
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