1970 English cricket season
The 1970 English cricket season was the 71st in which the County Championship had been an official competition. There was controversy when a tour by South Africa was forced to be abandoned because of mounting opposition to the apartheid policy perpetuated by the South African government. Five Tests were scheduled but the tour was officially cancelled at the request of Home Secretary James Callaghan. Instead, England played a highly successful series of unofficial Tests against a Rest of the World XI which was captained by Gary Sobers and included some of the best South African players such as Graeme Pollock, Eddie Barlow, Mike Procter and Barry Richards. These matches were promoted as Tests at the time, but were not recognised as such by the International Cricket Conference. Alan Jones played for England only in this series, and had the unfortunate experience of thinking that he had played in Tests only subsequently to discover that he had not. Kent won the County Championship title.
Honours
[edit]- County Championship - Kent
- Gillette Cup - Lancashire
- Sunday League - Lancashire
- Minor Counties Championship - Bedfordshire
- Second XI Championship - Kent II
- Wisden - Jack Bond, Clive Lloyd, Brian Luckhurst, Glenn Turner, Roy Virgin
Test series
[edit]County Championship
[edit]Gillette Cup
[edit]Sunday League
[edit]Leading batsmen
[edit]| 1970 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Garfield Sobers | 32 | 1742 | 183 | 75.73 | 7 | |
| Tom Graveney | 34 | 1316 | 114 | 62.66 | 2 | |
| Glenn Turner | 46 | 2379 | 154* | 61.00 | 10 | |
| Rohan Kanhai | 37 | 1894 | 187* | 57.39 | 7 | |
| Geoffrey Boycott | 42 | 2051 | 260* | 55.43 | 4 | |
| 1970 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Glenn Turner | 46 | 2379 | 154* | 61.00 | 10 | |
| Roy Virgin | 47 | 2223 | 178 | 47.29 | 7 | |
| Brian Bolus | 53 | 2143 | 147* | 48.70 | 2 | |
| Geoffrey Boycott | 42 | 2051 | 260* | 55.43 | 4 | |
| Pasty Harris | 49 | 1914 | 120 | 42.53 | 3 | |
Leading bowlers
[edit]| 1970 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Keith Wheatley | 641 | 31 | 253 | 15 | 16.86 | |
| Majid Khan | 558 | 28 | 207 | 11 | 18.81 | |
| Don Shepherd | 6741 | 420 | 2031 | 106 | 19.16 | |
| Barry Wood | 1722 | 80 | 601 | 31 | 19.38 | |
| Norman Gifford | 5795 | 331 | 2092 | 105 | 19.92 | |
| 1970 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Don Shepherd | 6741 | 420 | 2031 | 106 | 19.16 | |
| Norman Gifford | 5795 | 331 | 2092 | 105 | 19.92 | |
| Fred Titmus | 6640 | 320 | 2804 | 105 | 26.70 | |
| Robin Hobbs | 4416 | 178 | 2183 | 102 | 21.40 | |
| Garth McKenzie | 4420 | 187 | 1860 | 91 | 20.43 | |