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1971 English cricket season

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1971

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.

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Surrey won the County Championship title.

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 second 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 first half of the season, England hosted Pakistan. 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.

    Annual reviews

  • Playfair Cricket Annual 1972
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1972

    • References

    1971 English cricket season Wikipedia
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