1966 English cricket season

1966 was the 67th season of County Championship cricket in England. It featured an entertaining Test series between England and West Indies in which the great West Indian all-rounder Gary Sobers was outstanding. In domestic cricket, Yorkshire, led by Brian Close, won the County Championship. Close became England's captain too.

Honours

County Championship – Yorkshire
Gillette Cup – Warwickshire
Minor Counties Championship – Lincolnshire
Second XI Championship – Surrey II
Wisden – Bob Barber, Basil D'Oliveira, Colin Milburn, John Murray, Seymour Nurse

Test series

West Indies won the series 3–1 with one match drawn.

County Championship

Gillette Cup

Leading batsmen

Gary Sobers topped the averages with 1,349 runs @ 61.31

Leading bowlers

Derek Underwood topped the averages with 157 wickets @ 13.80

References

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1967
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1967

External links

CricketArchive – season summary

English cricket seasons

Underarm era

to 1725

Roundarm era
1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863

"Champion County" era
1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

County Championship era

County Championship seasons

Gillette Cup / NatWest Trophy / C&G Trophy / FP Trophy / RL One Day Cup seasons
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021

International cricket tours of England

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 1909 1912 1921 1926 1930 1934 1938 1948 1953 1956 1961 1964 1968 1972 1975 1977 1980 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2010 2012 2013 2015 2018 2019 2020
Bangladesh	2005 2010
India	1932 1936 1946 1952 1959 1967 1971 1974 1979 1982 1986 1990 1996 2002 2004 2007 2011 2014 2018 2021
Ireland	2017 2019 2020
New Zealand	1931 1937 1949 1958 1965 1969 1973 1978 1983 1986 1990 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013 2015 2021
Pakistan	1954 1962 1967 1971 1974 1978 1982 1987 1992 1996 2001 2006 2010 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021
South Africa	1907 1912 1924 1929 1935 1947 1951 1955 1960 1965 1994 1998 2003 2008 2012 2017
Sri Lanka	1984 1988 1991 1998 2002 2006 2011 2014 2016 2021
West Indies	1928 1933 1939 1950 1957 1963 1966 1969 1973 1976 1980 1984 1988 1991 1995 2000 2004 2007 2009 2011 2012 2017 2020
Zimbabwe	2000 2003

Major tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1912 1975 1979 1983 1999 2001 2004 2009 2013 2017 2019

Other tours

Australian	1868 1878 1919 1945 1988 2009 2018
Canadian	1954
Indian	1911
Multi-team	1932 1970 1972 1987
New Zealand	1927 1945
Parsees	1886 1888
Philadelphian	1884 1889 1897 1903 1908
South African	1894 1901 1904 1961
Sri Lankan	1975 1979 1981 1990
West Indian	1900 1906 1923 1964
Zimbabwean	1982 1985 1986 1990 1993

Other tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1979 1982 1986 2018

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