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Brian Statham

He overtook Alec Bedser's record of 236 Test wickets in the Fourth Test at the Adelaide Oval in 1962–63.

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With Ken Higgs providing the support Statham had been yearning for since he began, 1958 marked the beginning of Statham's greatest period.

Fred Ridgway

Career-best figures of eight for 39, however, against Nottinghamshire at the tail end of the season, was followed by an impressive 1951, where he took over ninety wickets and, with Alec Bedser amongst others declining to tour India, Ridgway was a natural choice, and was one of seven players who made their Test debut that trip where he opened the bowling with Brian Statham.

Roy McLean

Batting against a bowling attack that included Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Trevor Bailey and Johnny Wardle, he rode his luck, hitting 21 fours and a six but being dropped several times, and scoring 142 of 196 the runs while he was at the wicket, before he was finally bowled by Statham.

William Trevor Martin

Later that month, he umpired the 3rd Test between New Zealand and England, at Lancaster Park in Christchurch, where Fred Trueman took his 243rd Test wicket, passing Brian Statham's world record (Statham played three further Tests in 1963 and 1965, taking another 10 wickets, but did not pass Trueman's new record).

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