#john snow

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John Snow 7/40 — England Regain the Ashes, Sydney 1971

Australia vs England

12-17 February 1971

England regained the Ashes after twelve years on 17 February 1971 at Sydney, winning the seventh Test by 62 runs to take the series 2-0. John Snow's 7/40 in the second innings was the defining performance, but the Test was equally remembered for the bouncer that felled Terry Jenner, the bottle-throwing crowd disturbance, and Ray Illingworth leading his team off the field — and for the Test debut, in the previous Adelaide match, of a 21-year-old Dennis Lillee who took 5/84.

#1970-71 Ashes#John Snow#Ray Illingworth

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Zaheer Abbas — 274 on First Test in England, Edgbaston 1971

Pakistan vs England

3-8 June 1971

Zaheer Abbas made 274 against England at Edgbaston in June 1971 in only the second Test of his career — and his first in England — batting for nine hours and ten minutes, hitting 38 fours, and taking Pakistan to 608/7 declared. The innings, second only to Hanif Mohammad's 337 in Pakistani Test history at the time, announced Zaheer as the most prolific accumulator of his generation and earned him selection as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1972.

#Zaheer Abbas#double century#Edgbaston

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Greg Chappell — Century on Test Debut, Perth 1970

Australia vs England

11-16 December 1970

Greg Chappell scored 108 on Test debut at the WACA in December 1970, in the first Test ever played at the Perth ground, becoming the sixth Australian to make a hundred in his first Test innings. Coming in at 5/107 against John Snow and Peter Lever, he added 219 with Ian Redpath for the sixth wicket and converted what had been an under-pressure innings into a position of safety on a debut day later judged the foundation of his Test career.

#Greg Chappell#Test debut#century on debut

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England Defeat West Indies at Home — First Series Win Since 1957, 1969

England vs West Indies

1969-08-22

England defeated West Indies 2-0 in the 1969 home series — their first series win over West Indies since 1957. The victory, under Ray Illingworth's newly assumed captaincy, was built on John Snow's pace bowling (seven wickets in the series), Boycott's batting (318 runs at 53.00) and Illingworth's own off-spin in helpful English conditions.

#england#west-indies#1969

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John Snow — England's New Fast Bowling Threat Emerges, 1968

England vs Australia

1968-06-01

John Snow of Sussex emerged in the 1968 Ashes as England's most genuinely fast bowler since Trueman's peak — a right-arm quick with a classical side-on action, real hostility and the ability to move the ball off the seam. He took 17 wickets in the 1968 series and 31 wickets in the 1970-71 Ashes, England's most famous series win in Australia in a generation.

#john-snow#fast-bowling#england