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Geoffrey Boycott batting
Geoffrey Boycott was one of England's leading run-scorers in Tests between 1960 and 1974.[1]

Between 1960 and 1974 the England cricket team represented England, Scotland and Wales in Test cricket.[a] During that time England played 147 Test matches, resulting in 45 victories, 77 draws and 25 defeats.[3] Their win to loss ratio of 1.80 was the best in Test cricket during this period.[4] In the English summer of 1965, England played their last Test series against South Africa for almost 30 years, due to the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. A 1968–69 series between the pair in South Africa was cancelled due to the D'Oliveira affair, a controversy over whether or not the England selectors would pick Basil D'Oliveira, a mixed-race player of South African origin. A later tour of England in 1970 was called off after pressure from James Callaghan, the British Home Secretary.[5] The tour was replaced by a series against a Rest of the World team. At the time, they were considered test matches, but that status was revoked by the International Cricket Conference (ICC) and they are now unofficial Tests, though still first-class matches.[6][7]

England faced Australia most frequently during this period—playing 39 matches against them—followed by the West Indies. England won more matches than they lost against India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa, but against Australia they won eight and lost ten Ashes matches, while against the West Indies they won seven and lost nine.[8] England won 13 matches by an innings, which included their second largest victory ever, when they won by an innings and 285 runs against India in 1974.[9] 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 wickets on three occasions. Conversely, England lost by an innings on four occasions, and their 1973 loss to the West Indies by an innings and 226 runs remains their second largest defeat in Test history.[9]

Key

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Key
Symbol Meaning
No. (Eng.) Match number for England (i.e. 300 was England's 300th Test match)
No. (Ove.) Match number overall (i.e. 300 was the 300th Test match)
Opposition The team England were playing against
Venue The cricket ground where the match was played
(H) Home ground
(A) Away ground
Start date Starting date of the Test match
Result Result of the match for England
Series (result) What series the match was part of, with the result listed in brackets;
England's tally first (i.e. (2–1) means that England won two matches, and their opponents won one match)

Matches

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England Test cricket results between 1960 and 1974[10]
No.
(Eng.) 		No.
(Ove.) 		Opposition Venue Start date Result Series (result)[11]
359 485  West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown (A) 6 January 1960 Match drawn English cricket team in the West Indies in 1959–60 (1–0)
360 488  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain (A) 28 January 1960 Won by 256 runs
361 489  West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston (A) 17 February 1960 Match drawn
362 490  West Indies Bourda, Georgetown (A) 9 March 1960 Match drawn
363 491  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain (A) 25 March 1960 Match drawn
364 492  South Africa Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 9 June 1960 Won by 100 runs South African cricket team in England in 1960 (3–0)
365 493  South Africa Lord's, London (H) 23 June 1960 Won by an innings and 73 runs
366 494  South Africa Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 7 July 1960 Won by 8 wickets
367 495  South Africa Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 21 July 1960 Match drawn
368 496  South Africa The Oval, London (H) 18 August 1960 Match drawn
369 507  Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 8 June 1961 Match drawn 1961 Ashes series (1–2)
370 508  Australia Lord's, London (H) 22 June 1961 Lost by 5 wickets
371 509  Australia Headingley, Leeds (H) 6 July 1961 Won by 8 wickets
372 510  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 27 July 1961 Lost by 54 runs
373 511  Australia The Oval, London (H) 17 August 1961 Match drawn
374 512  Pakistan Lahore Stadium, Lahore (A) 21 October 1961 Won by 5 wickets English cricket team in Pakistan in 1961–62 (1–0)
375 513  India Brabourne Stadium, Bombay (A) 11 November 1961 Match drawn English cricket team in India in 1961–62 (0–2)
376 514  India Green Park Stadium, Kanpur (A) 1 December 1961 Match drawn
377 516  India Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi (A) 13 December 1961 Match drawn
378 518  India Eden Gardens, Calcutta (A) 30 December 1961 Lost by 187 runs
379 520  India Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras (A) 10 January 1962 Lost by 128 runs
380 521  Pakistan Dacca Stadium, Dacca (A) 19 January 1962 Match drawn English cricket team in Pakistan in 1961–62 (1–0)
381 522  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi (A) 2 February 1962 Match drawn
382 530  Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 31 May 1962 Won by an innings and 24 runs Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962 (4–0)
383 531  Pakistan Lord's, London (H) 21 June 1962 Won by 9 wickets
384 532  Pakistan Headingley, Leeds (H) 5 July 1962 Won by an innings and 119 runs
385 533  Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 26 July 1962 Match drawn
386 534  Pakistan The Oval, London (H) 16 August 1962 Won by 10 wickets
387 535  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane (A) 30 November 1962 Match drawn 1962–63 Ashes series (1–1)
388 536  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (A) 29 December 1962 Won by 7 wickets
389 537  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A) 11 January 1963 Lost by 7 wickets
390 538  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (A) 25 January 1963 Match drawn
391 539  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A) 15 February 1963 Match drawn
392 540  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland (A) 23 February 1963 Won by an innings and 215 runs English cricket team in New Zealand in 1962–63 (3–0)
393 541  New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington (A) 1 March 1963 Won by an innings and 47 runs
394 542  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch (A) 15 March 1963 Won by 7 wickets
395 543  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 6 June 1963 Lost by 10 wickets West Indian cricket team in England in 1963 (1–3)
396 544  West Indies Lord's, London (H) 20 June 1963 Match drawn
397 545  West Indies Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 4 July 1963 Won by 217 runs
398 546  West Indies Headingley, Leeds (H) 25 July 1963 Lost by 221 runs
399 547  West Indies The Oval, London (H) 22 August 1963 Lost by 8 wickets
400 551  India Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras (A) 10 January 1964 Match drawn English cricket team in India in 1963–64 (0–0)
401 552  India Brabourne Stadium, Bombay (A) 21 January 1964 Match drawn
402 554  India Eden Gardens, Calcutta (A) 29 January 1964 Match drawn
403 556  India Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi (A) 8 February 1964 Match drawn
404 557  India Green Park Stadium, Kanpur (A) 15 February 1964 Match drawn
405 561  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 4 June 1964 Match drawn 1964 Ashes series (0–1)
406 562  Australia Lord's, London (H) 18 June 1964 Match drawn
407 563  Australia Headingley, Leeds (H) 2 July 1964 Lost by 7 wickets
408 564  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 23 July 1964 Match drawn
409 565  Australia The Oval, London (H) 13 August 1964 Match drawn
410 571  South Africa Kingsmead, Durban (A) 4 December 1964 Won by an innings and 104 runs English cricket team in South Africa in 1964–65 (1–0)
411 572  South Africa Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (A) 23 December 1964 Match drawn
412 573  South Africa Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town (A) 1 January 1965 Match drawn
413 575  South Africa Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (A) 22 January 1965 Match drawn
414 578  South Africa St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth (A) 12 February 1965 Match drawn
415 591  New Zealand Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 27 May 1965 Won by 9 wickets New Zealand cricket team in England in 1965 (3–0)
416 592  New Zealand Lord's, London (H) 17 June 1965 Won by 7 wickets
417 593  New Zealand Headingley, Leeds (H) 8 July 1965 Won by an innings and 187 runs
418 594  South Africa Lord's, London (H) 22 July 1965 Match drawn South African cricket team in England in 1965 (0–1)
419 595  South Africa Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 5 August 1965 Lost by 94 runs
420 596  South Africa The Oval, London (H) 26 August 1965 Match drawn
421 597  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane (A) 10 December 1965 Match drawn 1965–66 Ashes series (1–1)
422 598  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (A) 30 December 1965 Match drawn
423 599  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A) 7 January 1966 Won by an innings and 93 runs
424 600  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (A) 28 January 1966 Lost by an innings and 9 runs
425 601  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (A) 11 February 1966 Match drawn
426 602  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch (A) 25 February 1966 Match drawn English cricket team in New Zealand in 1965–66 (0–0)
427 603  New Zealand University Oval, Dunedin (A) 4 March 1966 Match drawn
428 604  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland (A) 11 March 1966 Match drawn
429 605  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 2 June 1966 Lost by an innings and 40 runs West Indian cricket team in England in 1966 (1–3)
430 606  West Indies Lord's, London (H) 16 June 1966 Match drawn
431 607  West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 30 June 1966 Lost by 139 runs
432 608  West Indies Headingley, Leeds (H) 4 August 1966 Lost by an innings and 55 runs
433 609  West Indies The Oval, London (H) 18 August 1966 Won by an innings and 34 runs
434 618  India Headingley, Leeds (H) 8 June 1967 Won by 6 wickets Indian cricket team in England in 1967 (3–0)
435 619  India Lord's, London (H) 22 June 1967 Won by an innings and 124 runs
436 620  India Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 13 July 1967 Won by 132 runs
437 621  Pakistan Lord's, London (H) 27 July 1967 Match drawn Pakistani cricket team in England in 1967 (2–0)
438 622  Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 10 August 1967 Won by 10 wickets
439 623  Pakistan The Oval, London (H) 24 August 1967 Won by 8 wickets
440 627  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain (A) 19 January 1968 Match drawn English cricket team in the West Indies in 1967–68 (1–0)
441 629  West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston (A) 8 February 1968 Match drawn
442 633  West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown (A) 29 February 1968 Match drawn
443 635  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain (A) 14 March 1968 Won by 7 wickets
444 636  West Indies Bourda, Georgetown (A) 28 March 1968 Match drawn
445 637  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 6 June 1968 Lost by 159 runs 1968 Ashes series (1–1)
446 638  Australia Lord's, London (H) 20 June 1968 Match drawn
447 639  Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 11 July 1968 Match drawn
448 640  Australia Headingley, Leeds (H) 25 July 1968 Match drawn
449 641  Australia The Oval, London (H) 22 August 1968 Won by 226 runs
450 647  Pakistan Lahore Stadium, Lahore (A) 21 February 1969 Match drawn English cricket team in Pakistan in 1968–69 (0–0)
451 649  Pakistan Dacca Stadium, Dacca (A) 28 February 1969 Match drawn
452 650  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi (A) 6 March 1969 Match drawn
453 653  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 12 June 1969 Won by 10 wickets West Indian cricket team in England in 1969 (2–0)
454 654  West Indies Lord's, London (H) 26 June 1969 Match drawn
455 655  West Indies Headingley, Leeds (H) 10 July 1969 Won by 30 runs
456 656  New Zealand Lord's, London (H) 24 July 1969 Won by 230 runs New Zealand cricket team in England in 1969 (2–0)
457 657  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 7 August 1969 Match drawn
458 658  New Zealand The Oval, London (H) 21 August 1969 Won by 8 wickets
459 674  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane (A) 27 November 1970 Match drawn 1970–71 Ashes series (2–0)
460 675  Australia WACA Ground, Perth (A) 11 December 1970 Match drawn
461 676  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A) 9 January 1971 Won by 299 runs
462 677  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (A) 21 January 1971 Match drawn
463 678  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (A) 29 January 1971 Match drawn
464 679  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A) 12 February 1971 Won by 62 runs
465 681  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch (A) 25 February 1971 Won by 8 wickets English cricket team in New Zealand in 1970–71 (1–0)
466 682  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland (A) 5 March 1971 Match drawn
467 687  Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 3 June 1971 Match drawn Pakistani cricket team in England in 1971 (1–0)
468 688  Pakistan Lord's, London (H) 17 June 1971 Match drawn
469 689  Pakistan Headingley, Leeds (H) 8 July 1971 Won by 25 runs
470 690  India Lord's, London (H) 22 July 1971 Match drawn Indian cricket team in England in 1971 (0–1)
471 691  India Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 5 August 1971 Match drawn
472 692  India The Oval, London (H) 19 August 1971 Lost by 4 wickets
473 698  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 8 June 1972 Won by 89 runs 1972 Ashes series (2–2)
474 699  Australia Lord's, London (H) 22 June 1972 Lost by 8 wickets
475 700  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 13 July 1972 Match drawn
476 701  Australia Headingley, Leeds (H) 27 July 1972 Won by 9 wickets
477 702  Australia The Oval, London (H) 10 August 1972 Lost by 5 wickets
478 703  India Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi (A) 20 December 1972 Won by 6 wickets English cricket team in India in 1972–73 (1–2)
479 706  India Eden Gardens, Calcutta (A) 30 December 1972 Lost by 28 runs
480 708  India Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras (A) 12 January 1973 Lost by 4 wickets
481 709  India Green Park Stadium, Kanpur (A) 25 January 1973 Match drawn
482 711  India Brabourne Stadium, Bombay (A) 6 February 1973 Match drawn
483 715  Pakistan Lahore Stadium, Lahore (A) 2 March 1973 Match drawn English cricket team in Pakistan in 1972–73 (0–0)
484 717  Pakistan Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad (A) 16 March 1973 Match drawn
485 719  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi (A) 24 March 1973 Match drawn
486 722  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham (H) 7 June 1973 Won by 38 runs New Zealand cricket team in England in 1973 (2–0)
487 723  New Zealand Lord's, London (H) 21 June 1973 Match drawn
488 724  New Zealand Headingley, Leeds (H) 5 July 1973 Won by an innings and 1 run
489 725  West Indies The Oval, London (H) 26 July 1973 Lost by 158 runs West Indian cricket team in England in 1973 (0–2)
490 726  West Indies Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 9 August 1973 Match drawn
491 727  West Indies Lord's, London (H) 23 August 1973 Lost by an innings and 226 runs
492 731  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain (A) 2 February 1974 Lost by 7 wickets English cricket team in the West Indies in 1973–74 (1–1)
493 732  West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston (A) 16 February 1974 Match drawn
494 734  West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown (A) 6 March 1974 Match drawn
495 737  West Indies Bourda, Georgetown (A) 22 March 1974 Match drawn
496 738  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain (A) 30 March 1974 Won by 26 runs
497 739  India Old Trafford, Manchester (H) 6 June 1974 Won by 113 runs Indian cricket team in England in 1974 (3–0)
498 740  India Lord's, London (H) 20 June 1974 Won by an innings and 285 runs
499 741  India Edgbaston, Birmingham (H) 4 July 1974 Won by an innings and 78 runs
500 742  Pakistan Headingley, Leeds (H) 25 July 1974 Match drawn Pakistani cricket team in England in 1974 (0–0)
501 743  Pakistan Lord's, London (H) 8 August 1974 Match drawn
502 744  Pakistan The Oval, London (H) 22 August 1974 Match drawn
503 746  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane (A) 29 November 1974 Lost by 166 runs 1974–75 Ashes series (1–4)
504 748  Australia WACA Ground, Perth (A) 13 December 1974 Lost by 9 wickets
505 749  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (A) 26 December 1974 Match drawn

Summary

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Team Total matches[3][8] Home matches[12][13] Away matches[14][15]
Mat Won Lost Draw W/L Mat Won Lost Draw W/L Mat Won Lost Draw W/L
Australia 39 8 10 21 0.800 20 4 6 10 0.666 19 4 4 11 1.000
India 24 7 5 12 1.400 9 6 1 2 6.000 15 1 4 10 0.250
New Zealand 17 11 0 6 – 9 7 0 2 – 8 4 0 4 –
Pakistan 23 8 0 15 – 14 7 0 7 – 9 1 0 8 –
South Africa 13 4 1 8 4.000 8 3 1 4 3.000 5 1 0 4 –
West Indies 31 7 9 15 0.777 16 4 8 4 0.500 15 3 1 11 3.000
Total 147 45 25 77 1.800 76 31 16 29 1.937 71 14 9 48 1.555

Notes

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  1. ^ The England cricket team represented Scotland until 1992, when they left the UK Cricket Council and later joined the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an independent member.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Runs scored: England players in Test cricket between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ^ "The History of Cricket in Scotland". Cricket Scotland. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Overall figures: England in Test matches between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Overall figures: Win/loss ratio in Test matches between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. ^ Williamson, Martin (14 July 2012). "When politics killed a tour". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Golden gloves". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Gower Calls For England's Series V Rest Of The World To Be Given Test Status". Wisden. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Overall figures by opposition: England in Test matches between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Result Margin: England in Test matches between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Results: England in Test matches between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Matches: England in Test matches between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Overall figures by opposition: England in Test matches at home between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Statistics: England in Test matches at home between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Overall figures by opposition: England in Test matches away from home between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Statistics: England in Test matches away from home between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1974". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

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