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This in now a 4-day poll to pick the # 5 for the 1946-65 World Test XI:
First, the four runner-ups from the # 4 Poll:
Ken Barrington (Eng): 62 tests, 5166 runs @ 58.04 (14/28) HS 256
Denis Compton (Eng): 70 tests, 5339 runs @ 49.89 (15/26) HS 278 --- 23 wkts @ 58.60
Neil Harvey (Aus): 79 tests, 6149 runs @ 48.41 (21/24) HS 205
Graeme Pollock (SA): 14 tests, 1202 runs @ 52.26 (4/6) HS 175 --- 4 wkts @ 47.75
And now the # 5 batsman nominees:
Colin Bland (SA): 20 tests, 1637 runs @ 51.15 (3/9) HS 144*
Brian Booth (Aus): 27 tests, 1705 runs @ 44.86 (5/10) HS 169
Tom Graveney (Eng): 55 tests, 3107 runs @ 41.98 (6/12) HS 258
Peter Parfitt (Eng): 30 tests, 1585 runs @ 45.28 (7/4) HS 131* --- 9 wkts @ 55.33
Polly Umrigar (Ind): 59 tests, 3631 runs @ 42.22 (12/14) HS 223 --- 35 wkts @ 42.08
Frank Worrell (WI): 51 tests, 3860 runs @ 49.48 (9/22) HS 261 --- 69 wkts @ 38.72
The 1946-65 World Test XI so far:
1. Len Hutton (Eng)
2. Arthur Morris (Aus)
3. Clyde Walcott (WI)
4. Everton Weekes (WI)
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First, the four runner-ups from the # 4 Poll:
Ken Barrington (Eng): 62 tests, 5166 runs @ 58.04 (14/28) HS 256
Denis Compton (Eng): 70 tests, 5339 runs @ 49.89 (15/26) HS 278 --- 23 wkts @ 58.60
Neil Harvey (Aus): 79 tests, 6149 runs @ 48.41 (21/24) HS 205
Graeme Pollock (SA): 14 tests, 1202 runs @ 52.26 (4/6) HS 175 --- 4 wkts @ 47.75
And now the # 5 batsman nominees:
Colin Bland (SA): 20 tests, 1637 runs @ 51.15 (3/9) HS 144*
Brian Booth (Aus): 27 tests, 1705 runs @ 44.86 (5/10) HS 169
Tom Graveney (Eng): 55 tests, 3107 runs @ 41.98 (6/12) HS 258
Peter Parfitt (Eng): 30 tests, 1585 runs @ 45.28 (7/4) HS 131* --- 9 wkts @ 55.33
Polly Umrigar (Ind): 59 tests, 3631 runs @ 42.22 (12/14) HS 223 --- 35 wkts @ 42.08
Frank Worrell (WI): 51 tests, 3860 runs @ 49.48 (9/22) HS 261 --- 69 wkts @ 38.72
The 1946-65 World Test XI so far:
1. Len Hutton (Eng)
2. Arthur Morris (Aus)
3. Clyde Walcott (WI)
4. Everton Weekes (WI)
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