1966 English cricket season

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The 1966 English cricket season featured an entertaining Test series between England and West Indies. The great West Indian all-rounder Gary Sobers had an outstanding series.

In domestic cricket, Yorkshire won the County Championship in what would be the first of a hat-trick of titles to 1968.

1 Honours
2 Test Series
3 Leading batsmen
4 Leading bowlers
5 External sources
6 Annual reviews

[edit] Honours

County Championship - Yorkshire
Gillette Cup - Warwickshire
Minor Counties Championship - Lincolnshire
Second XI Championship - Surrey II
Wisden - Bob Barber, Basil D'Oliveira, Colin Milburn, John Murray, Seymour Nurse

[edit] Test Series

Main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 1966

West Indies won the series 3-1 with one match drawn.

[edit] Leading batsmen

Gary Sobers topped the averages with 1349 runs @ 61.31

[edit] Leading bowlers

Derek Underwood topped the averages with 157 wickets @ 13.80

[edit] External sources

CricketArchive – season summary

[edit] Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1967
Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1967

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1966 English cricket season

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[edit] Honours

[edit] Test Series

[edit] Leading batsmen

[edit] Leading bowlers

[edit] External sources

[edit] Annual reviews

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