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The1970 English cricket season was the 71st in which theCounty Championship had been an official competition. There was controversy when a tour by South Africa was forced to be abandoned because of mounting opposition to theapartheid policy perpetuated by the South African government. Five Tests were scheduled but the tour was officially cancelled at the request of Home SecretaryJames Callaghan. Instead, England played a highly successful series of unofficial Tests against a Rest of the World XI which was captained byGary Sobers and included some of the best South African players such asGraeme Pollock,Eddie Barlow,Mike Procter andBarry Richards. These matches were promoted as Tests at the time, but were not recognised as such by theInternational Cricket Conference.Alan Jones played for England only in this series, and had the unfortunate experience of thinking that he had played in Tests only subsequently to discover that he had not.Kent won the County Championship title.
| 1970 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Garfield Sobers | 32 | 1742 | 183 | 75.73 | 7 | |
| Tom Graveney | 34 | 1316 | 114 | 62.66 | 2 | |
| Glenn Turner | 46 | 2379 | 154* | 61.00 | 10 | |
| Rohan Kanhai | 37 | 1894 | 187* | 57.39 | 7 | |
| Geoffrey Boycott | 42 | 2051 | 260* | 55.43 | 4 | |
| 1970 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Glenn Turner | 46 | 2379 | 154* | 61.00 | 10 | |
| Roy Virgin | 47 | 2223 | 178 | 47.29 | 7 | |
| Brian Bolus | 53 | 2143 | 147* | 48.70 | 2 | |
| Geoffrey Boycott | 42 | 2051 | 260* | 55.43 | 4 | |
| Pasty Harris | 49 | 1914 | 120 | 42.53 | 3 | |
| 1970 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Keith Wheatley | 641 | 31 | 253 | 15 | 16.86 | |
| Majid Khan | 558 | 28 | 207 | 11 | 18.81 | |
| Don Shepherd | 6741 | 420 | 2031 | 106 | 19.16 | |
| Barry Wood | 1722 | 80 | 601 | 31 | 19.38 | |
| Norman Gifford | 5795 | 331 | 2092 | 105 | 19.92 | |
| 1970 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Don Shepherd | 6741 | 420 | 2031 | 106 | 19.16 | |
| Norman Gifford | 5795 | 331 | 2092 | 105 | 19.92 | |
| Fred Titmus | 6640 | 320 | 2804 | 105 | 26.70 | |
| Robin Hobbs | 4416 | 178 | 2183 | 102 | 21.40 | |
| Garth McKenzie | 4420 | 187 | 1860 | 91 | 20.43 | |