The 1970–71 Ashes series was the 45th edition of the long-standing cricket rivalry between England and Australia. Starting on 27 November 1970, the two...
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Rod Marsh (category World Series Cricket players)
However, he was a controversial selection for the first Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series, replacing Taber; Marsh was selected for his batting. The media was...
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The Ashes is a Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British...
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captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71, playing as England in the 1970–71 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their...
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The 1970–71 Australians lost 2–0 to the touring England team in the 1970–71 Ashes series. Australia had not lost a home Test series since 1954–55, but...
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The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and seven Test matches...
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the seventh Test. To date, the England team of 1970-71 remains the only one to have won an Ashes series in Australia without losing any Tests, and only...
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Dennis Lillee (category World Series Cricket players)
Lillee made his Test debut in the Sixth Test at Adelaide in the 1970–71 Ashes series, taking 5/84 from 28.3 eight-ball overs. His first Test wicket was...
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Lou Rowan (section 1970/71 season)
acrimonious 1970–71 Ashes series, but was heavily criticised by English cricketers Ray Illingworth, Geoff Boycott and John Snow. After the series Boycott...
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The 1974–75 Ashes series consisted of six cricket Test matches, each match lasted five days with six hours of play each day and eight ball overs. It formed...
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903/7d which England set against Australia in the final Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval. This in turn broke England's 849 all out against the West...
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Kerry O'Keeffe (category World Series Cricket players)
He made his Test debut against England in the Fifth Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series after taking 6/69 and hitting 55 not out in the New South Wales match...
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unceremoniously dumped as captain and player for the final Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series in Australia. Lawry's sacking is regarded as one of the more distasteful...
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1975 Cricket World Cup (category International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975)
Cricket Ground (MCG) as a replacement for the third test of the 1970–71 Ashes series between Australia and England. This was due to a deluge of rain that...
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in 2009. Lillee made his Test debut during the sixth Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series where he claimed a five-wicket haul on debut. He was subsequently...
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captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71, playing as England in the 1970–71 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their...
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Their largest victory by runs alone during this period was in the 1970–71 Ashes series against Australia, when they won by 299 runs, while they won by ten...
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John Snow (cricketer) (category World Series Cricket players)
of Australia in 1970–71. He was easily the outstanding bowler in the series, taking 31 wickets (22.83) to help England regain the Ashes. He was repeatedly...
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Graham McKenzie (category World Series Cricket players)
had contracted hepatitis. He played in the first four Tests of the 1970–71 Ashes series against England, taking 4/66 in the Second Test at Perth, the first...
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The 1946–47 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs. Unlike pre-war Tests...
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Doug Walters (category World Series Cricket players)
periscope. This weakness was exploited by England's John Snow in the 1970-71 Ashes Series, who repeatedly sent down fast, short-pitched balls against Walters...
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Australian cricket team in England in 1972 (redirect from 1972 Ashes series)
five-match Test series against England for the Ashes. The series was drawn 2–2 and England retained the Ashes. This was the last drawn series until 2019....
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1970, and became the tenth Australian to score a century on Test debut, accumulating 108 runs against England in the second Test of the 1970–71 Ashes...
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Greg Chappell (category World Series Cricket players)
the next season to force his way in to play against England in the 1970–71 Ashes Series. After acting as twelfth man in the first Test, he was selected to...
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debut in the 1970–71 Australian season in the First Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series at Brisbane. He did not however make a large impact, scoring 0 and...
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the 1965–66 Ashes series, he sometimes batted at number three rather than, as hitherto, opening the innings. In the 1970–71 Ashes series his 687 runs...
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after heavy rains had stopped the third test cricket match of the 1970–71 Ashes series that had been scheduled for Melbourne Cricket Ground from December...
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English cricket team in Australia in 1974–75 (redirect from 1974/75 Ashes series)
if charmless opening batsman who had made 657 runs (93.85) in the 1970–71 Ashes series, but was an awkward tourist who had argued with the Australian umpires...
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between 1971 and 1980. His first match, was the Fifth Test in the 1970–71 Ashes series at Melbourne on 21 January to 26 January 1971. In his first over...
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January 1971 he flew to Australia to watch the last two Tests of the 1970–71 Ashes series. Later in the year he married an American widow, Martha Wilson Morse...
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