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Lawry was sacked after the Sixth Test after the selectors finally lost patience with Australia's lack of success and dour strategy.
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Lawry was not informed of the decision privately and heard his fate over the radio.
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Lawry was unceremoniously dumped as captain and player for the final Test of the 1970 – 71 Ashes series in Australia.
Lawry was born in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury.
Lawry was selected for Victoria's Second XI at the age of seventeen.
The following season, Lawry was recalled to the Seconds and scored 183 against South Australia.
Lawry was dropped completely in 1957 – 58 and did not play a match for his state even though they were depleted with Test representatives overseas in South Africa.
Lawry was sent to England as a back up opening batsman for the incumbent pair of Colin McDonald and Bob Simpson, who had performed well against the pace attack of the West Indies during the previous season and were expected to be retained for the Tests.
The following day, Australia moved from 4 / 111 at lunch to 5 / 183 when Peter Burge was dismissed for 46 with Lawry on 99.
In the Fourth Test at Old Trafford, Lawry played a part of innings that was crucial in Australia winning the series.
Between Tests, Lawry scored 177 and 26 in a losing effort against the MCC for Victoria, and then made 133 in the next match against New South Wales, helping Victoria to an eight-wicket win, although he was jeered by an impatient gallery fed up with his slow batting.
" The unbeaten knock was part of barren run of 12 innings in which Lawry passed 20 only twice.
The series was highlighted by new ball battles between Lawry and South African pace spearhead Peter Pollock.
AFter the Tests were over, Lawry was prolific, passing fifty six times in the eight innings of the last fourst first-class matches.
Lawry was in fine form, striking four centuries, including triple-figure scores in both matches against South Australia.
Lawry and sacked
After the match, Brian Booth, who was the regular vice-captain of the team to Simpson, and led the team in the First and Third Tests, was sacked after a barren run with the bat, and Lawry became the deputy.
It was a tumultuous period in Australian cricket, where captain Bill Lawry was acrimoniously sacked in the middle of the 1970 – 71 series against England after a dispute between players and Australian officials.
Lawry and after
Adapting quickly to English pitches, Lawry bounced back after failing to pass 30 in his first two matches to make his first century on the tour against Surrey at The Oval, which defeated Australia in the corresponding match on Australia's previous tour in 1956.
Taking bruising blows from the hostile pace bowling of Fred Trueman and Brian Statham on a pitch with irregular bounce due to the presence of a ridge, Lawry reached 32 at stumps on the first day after England were bowled out for 206.
Lawry scored 119 after combining in a record opening stand of 244 with Simpson in the Fourth Test in Adelaide to help level the series with an innings victory, the highest opening partnership for Australia against England and still the highest opening partnership against England at home.
Lawry also struggled for form in the tour matches after the start of the Tests, with only one century and fifty in 12 innings, including 135 against Essex.
With the series at 2 – 1 leading into the Fifth Test in Sydney, Lawry struck 151 in the first innings after Australia were sent in to bat.
Lawry had expected a pace onslaught after Australia's last trip to the Caribbean had ended in defeat, but Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith had begun to slow down, taking their wickets at an average over 40.
The spectators lit fires and threw projectiles at the Australians after Lawry refused to adjourn the match, contrary to police advice that warned them to run for their lives.
In another incident, Lawry threw his baggy green cap on the ground after the umpires adjourned play for the luncheon interval ; Lawry felt that there was time for one more over.
Lawry made 14 in the first innings and was on 56 in the second innings as Australia reached 0 / 95 after the Indians set them 285 to win during the final day.
On the field, after Lawry made 35 of Australia's 335 to create a 123-run lead, there were more riots following a second innings Indian batting collapse.
Lawry had been under pressure after a highly critical report by team manager Fred Bennett.
The First Test in Brisbane was drawn after both teams had passed 400 in the first innings, the visitors taking a 31-run lead, but not before Lawry had top-scored with 84 in the second innings as his team collapsed to be all out for 214.
The Second Test was drawn after England made 397 and Australia replied with 440, Lawry making a duck and 38 not out as the hosts batted out the match in the second innings.
Lawry declared in the Fifth Test with Rod Marsh within eight runs of a maiden Test century after the hosts batted first and reached 9 / 493, the captain making 56 himself.
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During the English summer, O ' Neill scored 1981 runs at 60. 03, narrowly missing becoming only the fourth post-war player after Don Bradman, Neil Harvey and Bill Lawry to make 2, 000 runs in an Ashes tour.
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