Australian cricket team in England in 1956
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Date | 7 June 1956 – 28 August 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | England won the 5-Test series 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The
England for The Ashes
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England won the series 2–1 with 2 matches drawn and therefore retained The Ashes.
The series is most notable for off-spinner
Laker's Match, Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs, still the best match bowling analysis achieved in both Test and all first-class cricket. The cartoonist Roy Ullyett summed up the summer with the picture of a dazed kangaroo in Australian strip and the ditty: Here lie the Ashes of '56, skittled by Laker for next to nix. Never forgotten, sorry you thought our wicket rotten, signed "Love from the groundstaff".[2] The second line refers to the Australian complaints that the grass had been shaved off the Old Trafford wicket to help the England spinners.[3] Earlier in the summer, Laker had also taken ten wickets in an innings against the Australians in a tour match, playing for Surrey.[4]
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
4th Test
26–31 July 1956
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5th Test
23–28 August 1956
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References
- ^ Test Bowling Figures for England, 1956 Ashes
- ^ Peter Arnold, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Cricket, p75, W.H. Smith, 1986
- E.W. Swanton(ed), The Barclays World of Cricket, p296, Collins, 1986
- ^ "The IPL's can of worms". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
Annual reviews
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
External links