Few gave Giving them a chance of regaining the Ashes and they lost Earnings_and_losses the series 4–1 to Lindsay Hassett 's Australian team , which had far greater reserves of talent .

It was a great all round team effort from the Australians ; the captain Lindsay Hassett made Creating 366 runs ( 40.66 ) , Neil Harvey 362 runs ( 40.22 ) , Keith Miller 350 runs ( 43.75 ) and Jim Burke 125 runs ( 41.66 ) .