 His lethal combination of in-swingers and leg-cutters had taken 30 wickets (at 16.06) on the 1950-51 tour and 39 wickets (at 17.48) in 1953.The unfortunate Bedser suffered from shingles, had seven catches dropped off him in the First Test, where he was hit for 1/131, was dropped and never got back into the side.He took to bowling to the Australian team in the nets and Keith Miller told him "You're not too bad for a Test discard.