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1958 English cricket season

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1958 English cricket season
1957
1959

1958 was the 59th season of County Championship cricket in England. Surrey captain Peter May topped the batting averages for the third time and his team won a record seventh successive title. England defeated the touring New Zealand side 4–0 in a Test match series.

Honours

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Test series

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England defeated New Zealand 4–0 with one match drawn in a five match Test series.

County Championship

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The County Championship was won by Surrey County Cricket Club, the last of seven consecutive Championships for the county. Hampshire were runners-up.

Leading players

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Peter May topped the averages with 2,231 runs scored at a batting average of 63.74.

Les Jackson topped the bowling averages with 143 wickets taken at a bowling average of 10.99 runs per wicket.

References

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Annual reviews

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