The Players
21 cricketers turned out for England. All but one of them played in other Test matches. Alan Jones was the exception, making him the only man in cricketing history to win a Test cap and then lose it. The players who competed for England were:
- Dennis Amiss, Geoff Boycott, David Brown, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Denness, Basil D'Oliveira, John Edrich, Keith Fletcher, Tony Greig, Ray Illingworth (captain), Alan Jones, Alan Knott, Peter Lever, Brian Luckhurst, Chris Old, Phil Sharpe, Ken Shuttleworth, John Snow, Derek Underwood, Alan Ward and Don Wilson.
The players who competed for the Rest of the World side were:
- From Australia: Graham McKenzie
- From India: Farokh Engineer
- From Pakistan: Intikhab Alam, Mushtaq Mohammad
- From South Africa: Eddie Barlow, Graeme Pollock, Peter Pollock, Mike Procter, Barry Richards
- From the West Indies: Lance Gibbs, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Deryck Murray, Garry Sobers
Read more about this topic: Rest Of The World Cricket Team In England In 1970
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