Ken Barrington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ken Barrington

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


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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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