1971 English cricket season
- 1971 English cricket season
The 1971 English cricket season saw a first series win by India in England. This was a huge surprise at the time because England, having just won the Ashes in Australia, had a very strong team.
Honours
*County Championship - Surrey
*Gillette Cup - Lancashire
*Sunday League - Worcestershire
*Minor Counties Championship - Yorkshire II
*Second XI Championship - Hampshire II
*Wisden - Geoff Arnold, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Lance Gibbs, Brian Taylor, Zaheer Abbas
Test Series
1971 saw India tour England for the first half of the domestic season. After drawing the first two tests at Lord's and Old Trafford, India won the final test at The Oval by four wickets to claim the series 1-0.
For the second half of the season, England hosted Pakistan. As with the India series, the first two games were drawn, but this time England won the final test at Headingley by 25 runs to take the series 1-0.
Leading batsmen
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/ENG.html CricketArchive – season and tournament itineraries]
Annual reviews
* Playfair Cricket Annual 1972
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1972
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