1976 English cricket season explained

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Previous Tournament:1975 English cricket season
Next Year:1977
Next Tournament:1977 English cricket season

The 1976 English cricket season was the 77th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. Clive Lloyd adopted a new approach to Test cricket as a battery of pace bowlers was used to intimidate the England batsmen. Lloyd adopted the tactic after his own team's experiences against Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee the previous year. England's batsmen were no match for Andy Roberts and Michael Holding, but even more worrying was a dearth of effective England bowlers and it was West Indian batsmen like Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge who were the real stars of a long, hot, dry summer. Middlesex won the County Championship.

Honours

International series

West Indies men

See main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 1976. After two drawn games in the first two tests, the West Indians won the remaining three Test matches to convincingly win the series 3–0.

The West Indies cricket team made their tenth visit to England, under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd. The first Test match was played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Viv Richards scored 232 runs for the West Indies in the first innings, and shared a partnership of 303 with Alvin Kallicharran. The West Indies ultimately batted for most of the first two days, and closed their innings on 494. In response, England made 332, avoiding the follow-on; David Steele scored a century. Batting again, the West Indies scored 176 runs, and set England a total of 339 runs to win. England, with only five and a quarter hours left in the match, did not attempt the chase, nor were the West Indies able to take early wickets to give them a chance of winning. The match finished as a draw; writing in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Norman Preston said that "it was a disappointing performance" from England.

Australia women

See main article: Australian women's cricket team in England in 1976. The Australian women's cricket team toured England between May and August 1976. The test series against England women's cricket team was played for the Women's Ashes, which England were defending. The series was drawn 0–0, meaning that England retained the Ashes. England won the three-match ODI series 2–1.[1] The second ODI, won by England, was the first women's cricket match ever played at Lord's.[2]

County Championship

See main article: article and 1976 County Championship.

Gillette Cup

See main article: article and 1976 Gillette Cup.

Benson & Hedges Cup

See main article: article.

Sunday League

See main article: article and 1976 John Player League.

Leading batsmen

1976 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
NameInningsRunsHighestAverage100s
39 2554 230* 75.11 11
25 1724 291 71.83 6
24 1288 207* 67.78 5
38 2110 203 65.93 8
26 1363 201* 61.95 3
1976 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
NameInningsRunsHighestAverage100s
39 2554 230* 75.11 11
38 2110 203 65.93 8
38 1952 134 55.77 8
38 1821 156 49.21 6
41 1818 132 56.81 6

Leading bowlers

1976 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
NameBallsMaidensRunsWicketsAverage
2037 111 791 55 14.38
2511 141 901 57 15.80
418 12 214 13 16.46
3435 228 1236 66 18.72
2342 109 1004 52 19.30
1976 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
NameBallsMaidensRunsWicketsAverage
5500 288 2245 93 24.13
3867 130 1913 90 21.25
5321 286 2029 88 23.05
3382 120 1760 85 20.70
3836 143 1867 82 22.76

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Annual reviews

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australia Women tour of England 1976 Match Results . 18 February 2021 . ESPN Cricinfo .
  2. Web site: Lord's finally opens the doors for women to play their first-ever cricket match at the hallowed venue . 4 August 2016 . 25 May 2022 . Cricket Country.