1954 was the 55th season of County Championshipcricket in England. Pakistan toured England for the first time and drew the series of four Test matches. Surrey won the County Championship for the third successive year.
England could only draw the series with Pakistan 1–1, with the other two matches badly affected by the poor weather of the summer and left drawn. 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.
1954, english, cricket, season, 1954, 55th, season, county, championship, cricket, england, pakistan, toured, england, first, time, drew, series, four, test, matches, surrey, county, championship, third, successive, year, 19531955, contents, honours, test, ser. 1954 was the 55th season of County Championship cricket in England Pakistan toured England for the first time and drew the series of four Test matches Surrey won the County Championship for the third successive year 1954 English cricket season 19531955 Contents 1 Honours 2 Test series 3 County Championship 4 Leading batsmen 5 Leading bowlers 6 References 7 Annual reviews 8 External linksHonours editCounty Championship Surrey Minor Counties Championship Surrey II Wisden Bruce Dooland Fazal Mahmood Eric Hollies Brian Statham George TribeTest series editMain article Pakistani cricket team in England in 1954 England could only draw the series with Pakistan 1 1 with the other two matches badly affected by the poor weather of the summer and left drawn 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 County Championship editMain article 1954 County ChampionshipLeading batsmen editDenis Compton topped the averages with 1524 runs 58 62Leading bowlers editBrian Statham topped the averages with 92 wickets 14 13References editAnnual reviews editPlayfair Cricket Annual 1955 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1955External links editCricketArchive season summary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1954 English cricket season amp oldid 1199584351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
