The illness which ended Ken Barrington's career at the age of thirty-eight revealed the extent to which a rugged physique had been undermined by the anxieties of representative cricket.

Joe Root passed Sir Alastair Cook as the England batter with the most Test centuries after making two in the match against ...

The second period was at only just above 34, despite the emergence of top-quality batters like Peter May, Ken Barrington, Denis Compton, etc. The first decade of the millennium did not see the ...

A giant of English cricket in a Test career that spanned 13 years, Ken Barrington racked up 6,806 runs at an average of 58.67. He hit 20 centuries, including a career best of 256 against Australia.

The standing highlight of the series though was the triple hundred from Bob Simpson in the fourth Test, although it ended in a dull draw with Ken Barrington too notching up a classy double hundred ...

In fairness, Brook still boasts a Test average of 55 — England's highest since Ken Barrington in the late 1960s — and a strike-rate of 87. These are ludicrous figures and they underline why he ...

Down the years many great batsmen have been developed at Kennington Oval, the home of Surrey County Cricket Club, and last summer it seemed that another had emerged in Ken Barrington. In all ...

Sir Andrew Strauss made 21 with the top 10 completed by Ken Barrington and Graham Gooch on 20 apiece. Root is one of only three in that group to average over 50, with his current mark of 50.93 ...

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