 When Labor came to power under John Curtin in 1941, Evatt became Attorney-General and Foreign Minister.He became deputy leader of the Labor Party after the 1946 election, under the leadership of Ben Chifley.While in London, Evatt acted as the spokesperson for the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket and made personal representations to the Marylebone Cricket Club who were reluctant to send a cricket team to tour Australia so soon after the war.