this left the australian captaincy open again. harvey started the season strongly and scored 326 runs in his first three innings. this included 160 against queensland and 149 for his new state against the touring england team of peter may. in this match, benaud had captained new south wales and the hosts had the better of the play. they took a 214-run first innings lead and may's men when 6/356 when time ran out.