1954 English cricket season

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Pakistan toured England for the first time in the 1954 English cricket season and surprisingly drew the series.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Test Series 3 Leading batsmen 4 Leading bowlers 5 External sources 6 Annual reviews

[edit] Honours

• County Championship - Surrey
• Minor Counties Championship - Surrey II
• Wisden - Bruce Dooland, Fazal Mahmood, Eric Hollies, Brian Statham, George Tribe

[edit] Test Series

England could only draw the series with Pakistan 1-1. 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.

[edit] Leading batsmen

Denis Compton topped the averages with 1524 runs @ 58.62

[edit] Leading bowlers

Brian Statham topped the averages with 92 wickets @ 14.13

[edit] External sources

• CricketArchive – season summary

[edit] Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1955
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1955

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