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The wicketkeeper Alan Knott who came in at number 7 was the next best batsmen, a perky, Punch-like character with a sound defence and some unorthodox shots. Fred Titmus had had great success with the bat on his previous tours in 1962–63 and 1965–66 and had a Test average of 48.89 in Australia.
Frederick Robert Spofforth (9 September 1853 – 4 June 1926), also known as "The Demon Bowler", was an Australian cricket team pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, [1] and the first to take a Test hat-trick, in 1879.
In his book "Idols", Indian legend and compatriot Sunil Gavaskar described Mohinder Amarnath as the finest batsman in the world. Mohinder made his first test century at Perth at the WACA (the fastest and bounciest wicket in the world) batting against Jeff Thomson. He followed this test century with another 10 more against top class fast bowling.
Greg Chappell had emerged as Australia's best batsman, making 247 not out and 133 against New Zealand the previous season. This was the most runs made by a batsman in a Test until Brian Lara made his record 400 not out thirty years later, his elder brother Ian Chappell made 145 and 121, a unique occurrence of two brothers each making two ...
The top-rated batting performance was Donald Bradman's 270 for Australia against England at Melbourne in the 1936–37 Ashes series. 5 of Bradman's innings appeared in the top 100, more than any other batsman. The top-rated bowling performance was Hugh Tayfield's 9/113 for South Africa against England at Johannesburg in the 1956–57 series.
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John Hugh Edrich, MBE (21 June 1937 – 23 December 2020) was an English first-class cricketer who, during a career that ran from 1956 to 1978, [1] was considered one of the best batsmen of his generation. [2]
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; Ralph Barker & Irving Rosenwater, England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968, Batsford, 1969, ISBN 0-7134-0317-9