 He was fortunate in the quality of the young England players available in the 1950s, but he used them to the utmost effect.More than any other player he knew the strain of facing high-quality fast bowling and used his own fast bowlers ruthlessly.Hutton would often slow the over rates both to rest them in the Australian heat and to break the concentration of the batsmen, as he knew that strokemakers could be got out through frustration alone.