English cricket team in Australia in 1962–63
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 104 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5093-8901-6
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ted Dexter captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1962–63, playing as England in the 1962-63 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. Although regarded as strong in batting, the team had a weakened bowling attack and failed to regain the Ashes despite being the first England team to go 1–0 up in Australia since Gubby Allen in 1936–37. The team was managed by the Duke of Norfolk and accompanied by the Reverend David Sheppard (the future Bishop of Liverpool) and Ted Dexter's wife, who did some modelling in Australia, all of which created great press interest in the touring team. Although Dexter and the Australian captain Richie Benaud where both committed to attacking captaincy "brightening up" cricket the last two Tests were dull draws. Not everyone was happy with the glamour that attended the tour, Fred Trueman wrote Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся...
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