Ken Barrington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1930
Place of Birth: Reading, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 14-Mar-1981
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Ken Barrington
- Kenneth Frank Barrington (24 November 1930 – 14 March 1981), was an English international cricketer who played for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s.
- He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings "batting with bulldog determination and awesome concentration".His batting improved with the quality of the opposition; he averaged 39.87 in the County Championship, 45.63 in first-class cricket, 58.67 in Test cricket and 63.96 against Australia.
- Only Don Bradman (99.94) and Steve Smith (~65) have made more than Barrington's 6,806 Test runs at a higher average, which is the seventh highest of batsmen who have made 1,000 Test runs, and the highest by a post-war England batsman.
- His 256 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in 1964 is the third highest score for England against Australia and the highest since the Second World War.
- Barrington twice made centuries in four successive Tests, and was the first England batsmen to make hundreds on all six traditional Test grounds: Old Trafford, Edgbaston, Headingley, Lord's, Trent Bridge and The Oval.His Test career ended when he had a heart attack in Australia in 1968, even though he had several potentially fruitful years ahead of him.
- From 1975 to 1981 he was an England selector and a regular tour manager.
- He died from a second heart attack on 14 March 1981 during the Third Test at Bridgetown, Barbados, where he had made his maiden Test century 21 years before.
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