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New Zealand tour of England 1965
Sat, May 28 2016
Edgbaston, 1965: It got so cold that they served coffee during a Test
The second day’s play started amidst an almost opaque, all-encompassing dimness, and whatever opportunity of bright cricket the spectators had of witnessing was obliterated by Barrington’s excruciatingly slow batting.
Sat, July 09 2016
John Edrich smashes record 52 boundaries to score Test triple-hundred
John Edrich blazed his way to an unbeaten 310, an innings that featured the highest number of fours. Ken Barrington’s 163 was overshadowed owing to Edrich’s heroics, and England romped its way to a huge win over a helpless New Zealand attack.