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This in now a 4-day poll to pick the # 4 for the 1946-65 World Test XI:
First, the four runner-ups from the # 3 Poll:
Ken Barrington (Eng): 62 tests, 5166 runs @ 58.04 (14/28) HS 256
Ted Dexter (Eng): 60 tests, 4405 runs @ 48.94 (9/27) HS 205 --- 66 wkts @ 34.51
Neil Harvey (Aus): 79 tests, 6149 runs @ 48.41 (21/24) HS 205
Peter May (Eng): 66 tests, 4537 runs @ 46.77 (13/22) HS 285*
And now the # 4 batsman nominees:
Basil Butcher (WI): 20 tests, 1438 runs @ 44.93 (4/7) HS 142 --- (At # 4: 914 @ 45.70)
Denis Compton (Eng): 70 tests, 5339 runs @ 49.89 (15/26) HS 278 --- (4169 @ 53.44) --- 23 wkts @ 58.60
Colin Cowdrey (Eng): 79 tests, 5590 runs @ 47.37 (17/28) HS 182 --- (1289 @ 40.28)
Lindsay Hassett (Aus): 39 tests, 2874 runs @ 49.55 (10/10) HS 198* --- (1130 @ 53.80)
Vijay Hazare (Ind): 30 tests, 2192 runs @ 47.65 (7/9) HS 164* --- (1623 @ 54.10) --- 20wkts @ 61.00
Dudley Nourse (SA): 20 tests, 1863 runs @ 56.45 (6/10) HS 208 --- (1863 @ 56.45)
Norm O'Neill (Aus): 42 tests, 2779 runs @ 45.55 (6/15) HS 181 --- (2010 @ 57.42) --- 17 wkts @ 39.23
Graeme Pollock (SA): 14 tests, 1202 runs @ 52.26 (4/6) HS 175 --- (1011 @ 53.21) --- 4 wkts @ 47.75
Everton Weekes (WI): 48 tests, 4455 runs @ 58.61 (15/19) HS 207 --- (3372 @ 63.62)
The 1946-65 World Test XI so far:
1. Len Hutton (Eng)
2. ………………….
3. Clyde Walcott (WI)
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First, the four runner-ups from the # 3 Poll:
Ken Barrington (Eng): 62 tests, 5166 runs @ 58.04 (14/28) HS 256
Ted Dexter (Eng): 60 tests, 4405 runs @ 48.94 (9/27) HS 205 --- 66 wkts @ 34.51
Neil Harvey (Aus): 79 tests, 6149 runs @ 48.41 (21/24) HS 205
Peter May (Eng): 66 tests, 4537 runs @ 46.77 (13/22) HS 285*
And now the # 4 batsman nominees:
Basil Butcher (WI): 20 tests, 1438 runs @ 44.93 (4/7) HS 142 --- (At # 4: 914 @ 45.70)
Denis Compton (Eng): 70 tests, 5339 runs @ 49.89 (15/26) HS 278 --- (4169 @ 53.44) --- 23 wkts @ 58.60
Colin Cowdrey (Eng): 79 tests, 5590 runs @ 47.37 (17/28) HS 182 --- (1289 @ 40.28)
Lindsay Hassett (Aus): 39 tests, 2874 runs @ 49.55 (10/10) HS 198* --- (1130 @ 53.80)
Vijay Hazare (Ind): 30 tests, 2192 runs @ 47.65 (7/9) HS 164* --- (1623 @ 54.10) --- 20wkts @ 61.00
Dudley Nourse (SA): 20 tests, 1863 runs @ 56.45 (6/10) HS 208 --- (1863 @ 56.45)
Norm O'Neill (Aus): 42 tests, 2779 runs @ 45.55 (6/15) HS 181 --- (2010 @ 57.42) --- 17 wkts @ 39.23
Graeme Pollock (SA): 14 tests, 1202 runs @ 52.26 (4/6) HS 175 --- (1011 @ 53.21) --- 4 wkts @ 47.75
Everton Weekes (WI): 48 tests, 4455 runs @ 58.61 (15/19) HS 207 --- (3372 @ 63.62)
The 1946-65 World Test XI so far:
1. Len Hutton (Eng)
2. ………………….
3. Clyde Walcott (WI)
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