 This was remain a problem between the retirement of Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook in 1956 and the emergence of Geoff Boycott and John Edrich in the mid-1960s.The only regular opener on the tour was the Reverend David Sheppard, who was famously recalled and had a good tour considering that he had been out of top flight cricket for the best part of six years.Keith Miller wrote "We Australians marvelled at the way Sheppard was able to come back to international cricket and score a century in what was little more or less than a casual appearance".