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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: 1962-63 Ashes series, MCC tour of Australia in 1962-63, English cricket team in Australia in 1962-63, Australian cricket team in Australia in 1962-63, English cricket team in India in 1961-62, Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962, 1962 English cricket season. Excerpt: The 1962-63 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of five days with six hours play each day and eight ball overs, a change as before 1960-61 Australian Test matches had previously been played over six days. It formed part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1962-63 and the matches outside the Tests were played in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The MCC was determined to "brighten up" cricket and to this end chose the handsome, cavalier and talented Ted Dexter to captain a colourful England team managed by His Grace Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, PC, Earl Marshal and Chief Butler of England. The Duke's presence generated considerable press interest, as did the model Mrs Dexter and the Reverend David Sheppard - the future Bishop of Liverpool - who preached to packed cathedrals across Australia. Dexter made 481 runs (48.10), more than any other England captain in Australia before or since, and Ken Barrington 582 runs (72.75), the most by an Englishman in Australia since Wally Hammond's 905 runs (113.12) in 1928-29. The England bowlers Fred Trueman and Brian Statham were one of the most famous new-ball partnerships in cricket history, and with 216 and 229 wickets respectively were poised to overtake the record of 236 Test wickets set by the assistant-manager Alec Bedser. The Australian captain Richie Benaud was another contender with 219 wickets, but it was Statham who broke the record (only to be overtaken by Trueman in New Zealand) and Benaud had to be content with breaking...