Barrington began his first class career with Surrey in 1953 and retired due to health problems in 1968. He scored 1,000 runs in a season twelve times and reached 2,000 runs three times. He made seventy six first class centuries, with a highest score of 256 (which he made in a test match against Australia at Old Trafford in 1964) and a total of 31,714 first class runs at an average of 45.63. He also took 273 first class wickets at an average of 32.61.
International Career
Barrington's test career run from 1955 to 1968. He played 82 matches and scored 6,806 runs at an average of 58.67, which was notably better than his overall first class average. However, he was an accumulated rather than an aggressive strokemaker, and he was sometimes accused of playing excessively slowly, on one occasion being dropped immediately after scoring a century. He finished his career with 20 testcenturies.
Later Career
After the end of his playing career Ken Barrington became a test selector and a manager of English touring teams. He died suddenly of a heart attack during England's tour to the West Indies in 1980-81.
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KenBarrington was assistant manger of the 1980/81 tour of the West Indies when he died of a heart attack shortly after the close of play on the second day in Barbados.
In Barrington's case, the immediacy of the tragedy and the affection with which he was held by all members of Ian Botham's team in the Caribbean prompted lengthy discussions on whether the Test should continue.
Barrington, who had scored a century at the Kensington Oval in 1960 in his first innings against the West Indies, was in sombre mood after England's poor batting effort on the second day in 1981.
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