Famous Cricketers No 40 - Neil Harvey

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other match 1 2 0 124 112 62.00 1 - 1 Career 239 356 30 17140 225 52.57 54 75 156 1959/60 - Australia in Pakistan and India In the first match on the sub-continent, at Dacca, in the first Test he scored 96 out of 134 on the matting wicket against the master bowler on this surface, Fazal Mahmood. In the course of this innings he passed C.Hill’s total of 17,216 to become, after D.G.Bradman, the second highest scorer in Australian cricket. At Lahore in the second Test Australia were left 122 to win in under two hours and Harvey (37), N.C.O’Neill (43*) and R.Benaud (21*) all batted confidently to gain the victory. The Third Test was a drab affair notable only for the fact that Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first President of the United States to watch Test cricket when he attended the fourth day’s play. Moving on to India Harvey made his eighteenth Test century with 114 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi adding 132 in ninety-seven minutes with K.D.Mackay (78). At the end of the game which Australia won by an innings and 127 runs the spectators showed their displeasure by jostling the umpires and throwing bottles on to the field. India gained their first victory over Australia at Kanpur when J.M.Patel (14-142) exploited the newly laid turf with his off-spin. Another Test hundred followed at Bombay as Harvey and N.C.O’Neill (163) added 207 for the third wicket which remained a record for either side in the series until it was beaten by A.R.Border (162) and K.J.Hughes (100) with 222 at Madras in 1979/80. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 240. AUSTRALIA v PAKISTAN, Dacca Stadium, Dacca, November 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 (Australia won by eight wickets) b Fazal Mahmood 96 225 200 1 b Fazal Mahmood 30 112-2 134 241. AUSTRALIA v PAKISTAN, Lahore Stadium, Lahore, November 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 (Australia won by seven wickets) lbw b Mohammad Munaf 43 391-9d - - - - 146 b Mohammad Munaf 37 122-3 5 2 8 0 366 242. Australians v President’s XI, Rawalpindi, November 28, 29, 30 (Australians won by three wickets) b Munir Malik 23 139 9 2 35 1 Munir Malik c and b 132 1 c Amin Ashraf b Munir Malik 23 117-7 10 2 23 2 Alimuddin lbw 122 2 A.H.Kardar c P.J.P.Burge 243. AUSTRALIA v PAKISTAN, Karachi, December 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 54 257 287 2 not out 13 83-2 194-8d 2 244. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, December 12, 13, 14, 16 (Australia won by an innings and 127 runs) lbw b R.G.Nadkarni 114 468 - - - - 135 1 1 0 0 206 245. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Kanpur, December 19, 20, 21, 23 (India won by 119 runs) b J.M.Patel 51 219 - - - - 152 2 c R.G.Nadkarni b P.R.Umrigar 25 105 12 3 31 1 G.S.Ramchand b 291 3 246. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Bombay, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) b R.G.Nadkarni 102 387-8d - - - - 289 1 did not bat - 34-1 3 1 11 0 226-5d 247. Australians v Indian Universities, Bangalore, January 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) st S.Murthy Krishna b B.P.Gupte 36 556-9d 11 2 24 2 D.Das Gupta b 231 B.P.Gupte c A.T.W.Grout 4 2 10 0 213-6 248. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Madras, January 13, 14, 15, 17 (Australia won by an innings and 55 runs) b R.B.Desai 11 342 1 0 9 0 149 1 34