1928 English cricket season

Cricket tournament

1928 English cricket season
← 1927 1929 →

1928 was the 35th season of County Championship cricket in England. The first Test series between England and West Indies team in England was won 3–0 by the host nation. Lancashire completed a hat-trick of titles.

Honours

County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
Wisden – Leslie Ames, George Duckworth, Maurice Leyland, Sam Staples, Jack White

Test series

Main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 1928

West Indies made its first Test Match tour of England and were hopelessly outclassed by the hosts, who won all three Tests by an innings.

County Championship

Main article: 1928 County Championship

Leading batsmen

Douglas Jardine topped the averages with 1133 runs @ 87.15

Leading bowlers

Harold Larwood topped the averages with 138 wickets @ 14.51

References

Annual reviews

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1929

External links

CricketArchive – season summary

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County Championship seasons

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 2023 2024
Bangladesh	2005 2010
India	1932 1936 1946 1952 1959 1967 1971 1974 1979 1982 1986 1990 1996 2002 2004 2007 2011 2014 2018 2021 2022 2025
Ireland	2017 2019 2020 2023
New Zealand	1931 1937 1949 1958 1965 1969 1973 1978 1983 1986 1990 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013 2015 2021 2022 2023
Pakistan	1954 1962 1967 1971 1974 1978 1982 1987 1992 1996 2001 2003 2006 2010 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2024
South Africa	1907 1912 1924 1929 1935 1947 1951 1955 1960 1965 1970 (cancelled) 1994 1998 2003 2008 2012 2017 2022
Sri Lanka	1984 1988 1991 1998 2002 2006 2011 2014 2016 2021 2024
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 2024
Zimbabwe	2000 2003 2025

Major tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1912 1975 1979 1983 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004 2005 2009 2013 2017 2019

Other tours

Australian	1868 1878 1919 1945 1988 2009 2018
Canadian	1954
Indian	1911
Multi-team	1932 1970 1972 1975 1987
New Zealand	1927 1945
Parsis	1886 1888
Philadelphian	1884 1889 1897 1903 1908
South African	1894 1901 1904 1961
Sri Lankan	1968 (cancelled) 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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