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== First-class consolidation == [[File:Brian Booth graph.png|thumb|240px|left|Booth's Test career batting performance. The red bars indicate the runs that he scored in an innings, with the blue line indicating the [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] in his last ten innings. The blue dots indicate an innings where he remained [[not out]].<ref name="testlist"/> |alt=Booth's blue line hovered around the 60 mark from the start of his career in 1961, until the later half when it declined to around 40. In the last year of his career in 1965β66, it began sloping downwards towards 20. He scored four of his five centuries in 1964 and before.]] The national team toured the [[Indian subcontinent]] during the 1959β60 Australian season,<ref name=auslist/> opening up more vacancies at a domestic level. Booth had a strong first-class season, scoring 718 runs at 65.27 with two centuries to place third on the run-scoring aggregates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1959-60/AUS_LOCAL/STATS/FC_1959-60_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html| title=Australian First-Class Season 1959/60: Batting β Most Runs| work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=4 December 2007}}</ref> He started the season with 168 as New South Wales defeated Queensland by an innings before scoring 177 two matches later in an innings win over South Australia.<ref name=o/> His state completed a seventh Sheffield Shield triumph in succession.<ref name=s/> Booth's performances saw him selected for a second choice [[Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1959β60|Australian team]] that toured New Zealand under the captaincy of [[Ian Craig]].<ref name="az"/> He scored 105 in his first innings for his country, in a victory over [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]].<ref name=o/> Booth scored 184 runs at 30.66 and took three wickets at 25.00 in the four international matches against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]].<ref name=o/> Booth considered retiring after the season, feeling that the time needed for first-class cricket was impinging on his work as a lay preacher and a Christian youth worker.<ref name="r275"/> Booth brought himself into contention for the Test selection with a series of strong displays in 1960β61. He aggregated 981 runs at an average of 65.40, with three centuries. Only five players scored more runs, all at lower averages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1960-61/AUS_LOCAL/STATS/FC_1960-61_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html| title=Australian First-Class Season 1960/61: Batting β Most Runs| work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=4 December 2007}}</ref> Two of the centuries were in combined Australian XI matches at the end of the season for expected Test squad members.<ref name=o/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1960-61/AUS_LOCAL/OTHERFC/| title=Other First-Class Matches, 1960-61| work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=4 December 2007}}</ref> In a match against [[Tasmanian Tigers|Tasmania]], Booth struck a breezy 100 from 104 balls in 90 minutes.<ref name="r275"/> Another highlight was an 87 against the touring [[West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960β61|West Indies]], helping New South Wales to complete an innings win.<ref name=o/> Booth's productivity helped his state to another Sheffield Shield win.<ref name=o/>
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