 In first-class matches he bored easily and his strokes of genius were in the end outweighed by his mistakes.As England captain he only beat the weak Pakistan and New Zealand teams, lost to the West Indies cricket team and failed twice to regain the Ashes.He was removed from the captaincy after losing 1–0 to Bobby Simpson's Australia in 1964 and toured South Africa only after contesting Jim Callaghan's seat in the 1964 General Election.