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History of the England cricket group from 1945 

1940s[edit] 

In 1944, an England XI played one-day matches at Lord's against "West Indies" and "Australia", England winning both. (These were not restricted overs coordinates.) The accompanying year, with the Second World War having completed in the European theater in ahead of schedule May, five supposed "Triumph Tests" were orchestrated, against an Australian Services XI which included Keith Miller and Lindsay Hassett. Britain additionally played a Dominions group at Lord's. 

Test cricket continued in England after the Second World War with the visit of India in 1946. Britain won the arrangement 1 - 0 with a 10 wicket triumph in the first Test at Lords in which Hardstaff scored 205* and Alec Bedser took 11 wickets on presentation. Bedser took another 11 in the following test at Old Trafford. This ended up being a false first light as England, under the maturing Wally Hammond, were completely beaten 3 - 0 on the 1946-1947 Ashes visit as Lindwall and Miller went to the fore. A storm left England beaten on an unplayable Gabba pitch after Australia had scored 645. Britain asserted that Bradman had been gotten by Ikin off Voce for 28 however the umpire did not concur and 'The Don' made 187. Hammond batted amazingly for his 32 however Miller took 7 for 60 and afterward Toshack 6 for 82. Australia won by an innings at Sydney with Bradman and Barnes both scoring 234. Britain drew at Melbourne, having been set 551 to win and again at Adelaide with Compton scoring a century in every innings, as did Morris for Australia. Australia took the last test at Sydney in spite of Hutton's 122 and Doug Wright's 7 for 105. 

Britain's fortunes recouped with the visit of the South Africans in 1947, a 3 - 0 arrangement win restoring spirits in a high scoring elastic. Ken Cranston took four wickets in an over to finish England's triumph at Headingley however the arrangement was commanded by the batting of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich who set up on 370 together at the Oval and 228 at Old Trafford. Compton scored an unfathomable 1,187 runs in the five tests and Edrich 869. Alan Melville scored 3 tons for South Africa and Bruce Mitchell two in the Oval test. Set 451 to win by Norman Yarley, the guests secured the draw, and very nearly won, with a valiant 423 for 7. 

The 1947-1948 voyage through the West Indies was an embarrassment however with a harm tormented England group beaten 2 - 0. Ken Cranston captained England, without the harmed Gubby Allen and George Headley turned into the first dark man to commander the West Indies. Britain had left Compton, Edrich, Bedser, Wright, Yardley at home and Hutton just went along with them in time for the seventh match of the visit. Andy Ganteaume scored 117 in his just test innings at Port of Spain. 

More terrible was to come as Bradman's "Invincibles" cleared all before them in 1948, rejecting England 4 - 0 and winning 25, and losing none, of their 34 visit amusements. Britain did not help themselves by dropping Len Hutton for the third test. Denis Compton made a mixing 184 at Trent Bridge, withstanding the high pace of Lindwall and Miller in terrifying light. He additionally scored an overcome 145* at Old Trafford having been hit on the brow by a bouncer and compelled to resign hurt. Sid Barnes was likewise harmed at short leg and taken to healing facility. Britain were bowled out for 52 at the Oval, with the restored Hutton making 32, preceding Hollies broadly rocked the bowling alley Bradman second ball in his last test innings. 

George Mann captained England in his first arrangement, pretty much as his dad had done, when England beat South Africa 2 - 0 in 1948-1949. Britain won an energizing opening challenge at Durban by two wickets, on account of Cliff Gladwin's popular dashed leg bye. Denis Compton took his just five wicket pull in tests at Cape Town while Hutton and Washbrook posted a record opening stand of 359 at Johannesburg. The steady Jack Crapp hit 49 to win the last test just before the planned close. 

New Zealand constrained an attract each test of the 1949 arrangement in England with Martin Donnelly, who additionally played rugby for England, scoring 206 in the Lords Test and Bert Sutcliffe posting a ton at the Oval. 

1950s[edit] 

The West Indian voyagers of 1950 stunned England with a 3 - 1 arrangement triumph. The effective side, manufactured around the batting of the 3 W's, who scored 20 centuries and 6,000 runs between them on visit, and twist twins Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine, demonstrated the old request of Australian and English predominance was over. Honest Worrell scored 261 at Trent Bridge and 138 at the Oval, Walcott hit 168* at Lords and Everton Weekes made a ton at Trent Bridge. "Ram" took 26 wickets in the tests, and 135 on visit, with his right arm riddle rocking the bowling alley and 11 in the notable win at Lords while Valentine's moderate left arm represented 33 in the tests, and 123 on visit, including 8 for 104 on introduction at Old Trafford. 

Britain got another whipping because of Australia on the 1950/51 visit. Hutton scored a wonderful 62* futile on a Brisbane "sticky" - England pronounced at 67 - 7 and diminished Australia to 32 - 7 at one point consequently - while Denis Compton had an awful time, averaging 7.57 in four matches. Australia won by only 28 runs at Melbourne and secret spinner Jack Iverson took 6 for 27 at Sydney where Australia won by an innings. Len Hutton conveyed his bat for 156 in a losing cause in Adelaide and England's reassurance triumph took a stab at Melbourne because of Reg Simpson's 156*. Bedser took 30 wickets and Hutton found the middle value of 88.83 yet Australia held the Ashes 4 - 1. Britain beat New Zealand 1 - 0 in the two test arrangement played in transit home. In a beguiling showcase of sportsmanship, Walter Hadlee reviewed Cyril Washbrook after he was given out LBW as he had hit the ball. 

Britain beat the 1951 South Africans 3 -1 in an arrangement prominent for Len Hutton's release 'impeding the field' in his 100th test innings at the Oval. Eric Rowan scored 236, at 42 years old, for South Africa at Headingley. 

Britain were beaten by India without precedent for a test match at Madras on the 1951/52 visit where Roy and Umrigar scored hundreds and Vinoo Mankad took 12 for 108. Britain drew the five test arrangement 1 -1. 

After David Sheppard captained the initial two tests in his nonattendance through damage, Len Hutton turned into the first expert skipper of England in 1952, driving his group to a 3 - 0 whipping of India, whose batsman were determinedly less certain against the pace of the debutant Fred Trueman than they had been at home. Trueman took 7 wickets at Headingley, diminishing India to 0 - 4 toward the begin of their second innings and tailed it up with 8 for 31 at Old Trafford. Hutton scored 150 at Lords where Godfrey Evans hit 98 preceding lunch. 

Britain won back the Ashes 1 - 0 in 1953, in the midst of scenes of extraordinary celebration at the Oval, where Fred Trueman played his just match in the arrangement. Willie Watson had shut out Australia at Lords, and Trevor Bailey all around else, and the pair met up in one of the immense rearguard activities in England cricket scoring 109 and 71 individually. Denis Compton's force saw England home after Laker (4 - 75) and Lock (5 - 45) had played Australia out for 162 in their second innings. The side which England fielded in that match - Bailey, May, Graveney, Laker, Lock, Trueman, Edrich, Bedser, Hutton, Compton and Evans with Wardle as twelfth man positions with any England have ever put on the field of play. 

Tony Lock was called for tossing, not without reason, against Barbados on England's 1953/54 visit, which finished respects even at 2 all. The 17 year old Garry Sobers was confronting at the time. More inconvenience took after as England lost the initial two tests and there was more contention at Georgetown when the swarm revolted after England took a wicket. Hutton, who scored 169 in the amusement, declined to take his group off the field and England went ahead to win by 9 wickets. West Indies amassed 681 at Port of Spain, with the three Ws uncontrolled, however England secured a draw and won at Kingston on account of Hutton's epic 205 and Bailey's 7 for 34. 

Denis Compton went on the frenzy against Pakistan at Trent Bridge in 1954, making 278 preceding tumbling to 16 year old Khalid Hasan. 19 year old, 5 foot 3 and a half creep, Hanif Mohammed, scored 1600 runs on the visit. Fazal Mahmood bowled Pakistan to a dazzling 24 win at the Oval, with 6 wickets in every innings. Bedser and Bailey had been imprudently refreshed via England and the arrangement was drawn 1 - 1. 

The Ashes voyage through 1954-1955 remaining parts a standout amongst the most acclaimed. Things looked hopeless when Australia heaped up 601 - 8 at Sydney and won by an innings with Frank Tyson taking 1 for 160 (and Fred Trueman left at home). Britain won a restricted triumph in the second test at Sydney with Johnny Wardle washing an essential 35 to top score in England's first innings. May and Cowdrey included 116 in the second burrow to set Australia 223 and Tyson (6 for 85) and Brian Statham (3 for 45 into the breeze) bowled them out for 184. Hutton's confidence in quick rocking the bowling alley was reimbursed as England went ahead to win the arrangement 3 - 1. 

Britain played New Zealand out for only 26 at Auckland in March 1955 and won by an innings. Tyson took 2 for 10, Statham 3 for 9, Bob Appleyard 4 for 7 and Wardle 1 for 0. Len Hutton scored 53 at number 5 in what ended up being his last test. 

The score remained at 2 all in the 1955 arrangement against South Africa before England won the fifth test by 92 runs, because of Peter May's 85* and Laker and Lock taking 15 wickets between them. Heine took 21 wickets in 4 tests for the vacationers. 

Britain crushed Australia 2 -1 under new commander Peter May in 1956. The arrangement is always associated with Laker's 9 for 37 and 10 for 53 at Old Trafford, where the innings triumph secured the arrangement for his group. He took 46 wickets in the arrangement at only 9.61. 

A tight 2 all arrangement took after on the 1956/57 voyage through South Africa. Johnny Wardle, bowling wrist turn and conventional moderate left arm, took 12 for 89 to win the Cape Town amusement where South Africa were released for 72. Russell Endean turned into the first batsman out 'took care of the