History of Australian cricket from 1960-61 to 1970

History of Australian cricket from 1960-61 to 1970

This article describes the history of Australian cricket from the 1960-61 season until 1970.

Notable Australian players earky in this period included Neil Harvey, Alan Davidson and Richie Benaud, but all three rertired after the 1962-3 series against England. By then, Bobby Simpson, Bill Lawry, Wally Grout and Graham McKenzie had come to the fore.

Domestic cricket

New South Wales continued its post-war predominance until the middle of the decade.

heffield Shield winners

* 1960-61 – New South Wales
* 1961-62 – New South Wales
* 1962-63 – Victoria
* 1963-64 – South Australia
* 1964-65 – New South Wales
* 1965-66 – New South Wales
* 1966-67 – Victoria
* 1967-68 – Western Australia
* 1968-69 – South Australia
* 1969-70 – Victoria

International tours of Australia

West Indies 1960-61

"For more information about this tour, see" : West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960-61

New Zealand 1961-62

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1961-62 season and played 3 first-class matches against Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. New Zealand drew with Western Australia, lost to South Australia by 6 wickets and lost to New South Wales by 59 runs.

See : [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/AUS/1961-62_AUS_New_Zealand_in_Australia_1961-62.html CricketArchive tour itinerary]

England 1962-63

"For more information about this tour, see" : English cricket team in Australia in 1962-63

outh Africa 1963-64

"For more information about this tour, see" : South African cricket team in Australia in 1963-64

Pakistan 1964-65

"For more information about this tour, see" : Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1964-65

England 1965-66

"For more information about this tour, see" : English cricket team in Australia in 1965-66

India 1967-68

"For more information about this tour, see" : Indian cricket team in Australia in 1967-68

New Zealand 1967-68

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1967-68 season and played 4 first-class matches against South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. New Zealand lost to South Australia by 24 runs; drew with both Victoria and Queensland; and lost to New South Wales by 131 runs.

See : [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/AUS/1967-68_AUS_New_Zealand_in_Australia_1967-68.html CricketArchive tour itinerary]

West Indies 1968-69

"For more information about this tour, see" : West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1968-69

New Zealand 1969-70

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1969-70 season and played 3 first-class matches against Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales. All three games were drawn. New Zealand joined the Australian state teams in the V&G Knockout Cup, a limited overs competition that New Zealand went on to win, defeating Victoria by 6 wickets in the final.

See : [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/AUS/1969-70_AUS_New_Zealand_in_Australia_1969-70.html CricketArchive tour itinerary]

References

External sources

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/AUS.html CricketArchive – itinerary of Australian cricket]

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


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