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Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th July 1968 (5-day match) |
Balls per over | 6 |
Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
Result | Match drawn |
Umpires | CS Elliott, H Yarnold |
Scorers | DK Sherwood (Australia), E Solomon (England) |
Close of play day 1 | No play |
Close of play day 2 | England (1) 258/3 (Cowdrey 95*, Graveney 32*) |
Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 109/1 (Cowper 54*, Chappell 40*) |
Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 9/0 (Redpath 6*, Cowper 3*) |
Batter of the Match | IM Chappell, MC Cowdrey |
Bowler of the Match | EW Freeman, DL Underwood, R Illingworth |
England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
JH Edrich | c Taber b Freeman | 88 | 245 | 280 | 10 | - | |
G Boycott | lbw b Gleeson | 36 | 148 | 155 | 3 | - | |
*MC Cowdrey | b Freeman | 104 | 247 | 244 | 15 | - | |
KF Barrington | lbw b Freeman | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
TW Graveney | b Connolly | 96 | 220 | 243 | 10 | - | |
BR Knight | c Chappell b Connolly | 6 | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
+APE Knott | b McKenzie | 4 | 23 | 37 | - | - | |
R Illingworth | lbw b Gleeson | 27 | 84 | 89 | 2 | - | |
DJ Brown | b Connolly | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
JA Snow | c Connolly b Freeman | 19 | 31 | 36 | 2 | - | |
DL Underwood | not out | 14 | 24 | 27 | 1 | - | |
Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
Total | (all out, 172.5 overs) | 409 | |||||
Fall of wickets: | |||||||
1-80 (Boycott), 2-188 (Edrich), 3-189 (Barrington), 4-282 (Cowdrey), 5-293 (Knight), 6-323 (Knott), 7-374 (Graveney), 8-374 (Brown), 9-376 (Illingworth), 10-409 (Snow, 172.5 ov) |
Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
McKenzie | 47 | 14 | 115 | 1 | - | - | |
Freeman | 30.5 | 8 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
Connolly | 35 | 8 | 84 | 3 | - | - | |
Gleeson | 46 | 19 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
Cowper | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
Walters | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
*WM Lawry | retired hurt | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | |
IR Redpath | b Brown | 0 | 8 | 16 | - | - | |
RM Cowper | b Snow | 57 | 128 | 149 | 8 | - | |
IM Chappell | b Knight | 71 | 180 | 197 | 9 | - | |
KD Walters | c and b Underwood | 46 | 101 | 126 | 5 | - | |
AP Sheahan | b Underwood | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | - | |
+HB Taber | c Barrington b Illingworth | 16 | 53 | 50 | 2 | - | |
EW Freeman | b Illingworth | 6 | 15 | 15 | 1 | - | |
GD McKenzie | not out | 0 | 22 | 26 | - | - | |
JW Gleeson | c Illingworth b Underwood | 3 | 14 | 8 | - | - | |
AN Connolly | b Illingworth | 0 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb) | 13 | |||||
Total | (all out, 91 overs) | 222 | |||||
Fall of wickets: | |||||||
1-10 (Redpath), 2-121 (Cowper), 3-165 (Chappell), 4-176 (Sheahan), 5-213 (Taber), 6-213 (Walters), 7-219 (Freeman), 8-222 (Gleeson), 9-222 (Connolly, 91 ov) |
England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
Snow | 17 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
Brown | 13 | 2 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
Knight | 14 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
Underwood | 25 | 9 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
Illingworth | 22 | 10 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
JH Edrich | c Cowper b Freeman | 64 | 104 | 137 | 6 | - | |
G Boycott | c Taber b Connolly | 31 | 87 | 83 | 3 | - | |
TW Graveney | not out | 39 | 50 | 67 | 4 | - | |
BR Knight | b Connolly | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
+APE Knott | not out | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - | |
*MC Cowdrey | did not bat | ||||||
KF Barrington | did not bat | ||||||
R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
DJ Brown | did not bat | ||||||
JA Snow | did not bat | ||||||
DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
Total | (3 wickets, declared, 42 overs) | 142 | |||||
Fall of wickets: | |||||||
1-57 (Boycott), 2-131 (Edrich), 3-134 (Knight) |
Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
McKenzie | 18 | 1 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
Freeman | 9 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
Connolly | 15 | 3 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
IR Redpath | lbw b Snow | 22 | 45 | 57 | 2 | - | |
RM Cowper | not out | 25 | 86 | 101 | 4 | - | |
IM Chappell | not out | 18 | 41 | 42 | 2 | - | |
*WM Lawry | did not bat | ||||||
KD Walters | did not bat | ||||||
AP Sheahan | did not bat | ||||||
+HB Taber | did not bat | ||||||
EW Freeman | did not bat | ||||||
GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
JW Gleeson | did not bat | ||||||
AN Connolly | did not bat | ||||||
Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb) | 3 | |||||
Total | (1 wicket, 28.2 overs) | 68 | |||||
Fall of wickets: | |||||||
1-44 (Redpath) |
England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
Snow | 9 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
Brown | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
Underwood | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
Illingworth | 5.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JH Edrich (1) 50 in 154 balls, 190 minutes
--> G Boycott (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 126 balls, 107 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 100 in 240 balls, 235 minutes with 15 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 7000 runs in Test matches when he reached 60
--> TW Graveney (1) 50 in 98 balls, 129 minutes
--> R Illingworth (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> DL Underwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> RM Cowper (1) 50 in 89 balls, 102 minutes
--> RM Cowper (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 53
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 138 balls, 148 minutes
--> JH Edrich (2) 50 in 83 balls, 115 minutes
--> HB Taber made his debut in England in Test matches
--> EW Freeman made his debut in England in Test matches
--> EW Freeman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-86)
--> DJ Brown reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed IR Redpath, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> R Illingworth reached 1500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HB Taber, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> WM Lawry retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 6 (team score 6/0)
There was no play after 12:30pm on the final day.
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