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1954 English cricket season
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1953 1953 English cricket season 1955 1955 English cricket season
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.
Honours
County Championship – Surrey
Minor Counties Championship – Surrey II
Wisden – Bruce Dooland, Fazal Mahmood, Eric Hollies, Brian Statham, George Tribe
Test series
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
1954 County Championship
Leading batsmen
Denis Compton topped the averages with 1524 runs @ 58.62
Leading bowlers
Brian Statham topped the averages with 92 wickets @ 14.13
References
Annual reviews
Playfair Cricket Annual 1955
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1955
External links
CricketArchive – season summary
Category:1954 in English cricket
Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century