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1965 English cricket season

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1965 was the 66th season of County Championship cricket in England. It was the first season since the 1912 Triangular Tournament in which England played Test series against two touring teams. In the first half of a damp summer, New Zealand were the tourists, and England won all three matches. The South African team that toured in the second half of the season were much tougher opposition. South Africa won that three-match series 1–0, with two matches drawn. It was the last tour of England by a South African team until 1993. Fred Trueman's international career ended, although he did not retire from first-class cricket until the end of the 1968 season. Worcestershire won their second consecutive Championship title.

Honours

County Championship – Worcestershire
Gillette Cup – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Somerset II
Second XI Championship – Glamorgan II
Wisden (for their deeds in 1965) – Colin Bland, John Edrich, Dick Motz, Peter Pollock, Graeme Pollock

Test series

Main article: South African cricket team in England in 1965

Main article: New Zealand cricket team in England in 1965

For the first time since the 1912 Triangular Tournament, England hosted two series in one season. The visitors were New Zealand and South Africa, who played three Tests each against England. It became the last South African Test series against England for over 25 years because of increasing opposition to South Africa's apartheid policy.

England were far too strong for New Zealand, winning all three matches, John Edrich scoring 310* in the final match at Headingley. He put on 369 with Ken Barrington for the second wicket. This was the culmination of a remarkable run of form for Edrich. In nine successive innings (the first eight being for Surrey) he scored 139, 121*, 205*, 55, 96, 188, 92, 105 and 310*.

South Africa, a young and improving team, were a far tougher proposition. Their players included Graeme Pollock and his brother Peter, Colin Bland and Eddie Barlow. South Africa won the series 1–0, with two matches drawn, thanks to the Pollock brothers, who were mainly responsible for their win by 94 runs in the second Test at Trent Bridge. In overcast conditions, ideal for Tom Cartwright in particular, Graeme scored 125 out of 160 in 140 minutes, the last 91 coming in 70 minutes. He had come in at 16–2, and the score had declined to 80–5, before his partnerships with the captain, Peter van der Merwe, and Richard Dumbrill enabled the score to reach 269. He made another 59 in the second innings. His brother contributed bowling figures of 5–53 and 5–34.

County Championship

Main article: 1965 County Championship

Gillette Cup

Main article: 1965 Gillette Cup

Leading batsmen

Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Colin Cowdrey	43	2093	196*	63.42	5
John Edrich	44	2319	310*	62.67	8
Graeme Pollock	24	1147	203*	57.35	3
Peter Parfitt	44	1774	128	50.68	3
Tom Graveney	45	1768	126	49.11	4
Basil d'Oliveira	45	1691	163	43.35	6

Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
John Edrich	44	2319	310*	62.67	8
Colin Cowdrey	43	2093	196*	63.42	5
David Green	63	2037	85	32.85	-
Eric Russell	54	1930	156	39.38	4
Alan Jones	57	1837	142	36.74	5

Note: David Green's record of 2000 runs in a season without a single century has not been equalled. The second highest total of runs with no century in a season is 1,709 by C.B. Harris in 1935. George Ulyett in 1883 with a highest innings of 84 was only eleven runs short of the leading run-scorer.

Leading bowlers

Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Harold Rhodes	3881	187	1314	119	11.04
Brian Jackson	4847	262	1491	120	12.42
Brian Statham	4626	205	1716	137	12.52
Tom Cartwright	4411	305	1505	108	13.93
Fred Trueman	4528	180	1811	127	14.25

Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Derek Shackleton	7476	529	2316	144	16.08
Jack Flavell	5460	217	2100	142	14.78
Brian Statham	4626	205	1716	137	12.52
Fred Trueman	4528	180	1811	127	14.25
Barry Knight	6098	216	2363	125	18.90

References

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1966
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1966

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