#slow scoring

2 incidents tagged

Boycott's 246 — and a Test Off, June 1967

England vs India

1967-06-08

On 8 June 1967 at Headingley, Geoff Boycott carried his bat for an unbeaten 246 against India in 573 minutes. The selectors, watching the same innings from the Long Room, dropped him for the next Test. It was the only time in Test history that an unbeaten double-centurion was omitted from the next match for slow scoring.

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Ken Barrington Dropped for 137 — Edgbaston, June 1965

England vs New Zealand

1965-05-27

At Edgbaston in May 1965, England's most prolific batsman of the era spent 437 minutes making 137 against a weak New Zealand attack. Ken Barrington was dropped for the next Test as a public warning about scoring rates — a punishment unprecedented for a Test centurion. He returned a fortnight later, made 163 against the same opposition, and was never disciplined that way again.

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