1954 ENGLISH CRICKET SEASON

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

Contents

Honours

Test Series

Leading batsmen

Leading bowlers

References

Honours

★ 'County Championship' - Surrey

★ 'Minor Counties Championship' - Surrey II

★ 'Wisden' - Bruce Dooland, Fazal Mahmood, Eric Hollies, Brian Statham, George Tribe

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.

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

★ ''The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)

★ ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' (annual)

★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)