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Test # 639 (639/201)
The Ashes, 1968, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
11,12,13,15,16 July 1968 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott and H Yarnold
Batsman of the match: MC Cowdrey and IM Chappell
Bowler of the match: R Illingworth, DL Underwood and EW Freeman
Close of Play:
Day 1: No play
Day 2: England 258/3 (Cowdrey 95*, Graveney 32*)
Day 3: England 409, Australia 109/1 (Cowper 54*, Chappell 40*)
Day 4: Australia 222, England 142/3d, Australia 9/0
(Redpath 6*, Cowper 3*)
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
JH Edrich c Taber b Freeman 88 280 245 10 0
G Boycott lbw b Gleeson 36 155 148 3 0
*MC Cowdrey b Freeman 104 244 247 15 0
KF Barrington lbw b Freeman 0 6 4 0 0
TW Graveney b Connolly 96 243 220 10 0
BR Knight c Chappell b Connolly 6 12 12 0 0
+APE Knott b McKenzie 4 37 23 0 0
R Illingworth lbw b Gleeson 27 89 84 2 0
DJ Brown b Connolly 0 1 3 0 0
JA Snow c Connolly b Freeman 19 36 31 2 0
DL Underwood not out 14 27 24 1 0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 4) 15
Total (all out, 172.5 overs) 409
FoW: 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).
Bowling O M R W
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 1st innings R M B 4 6
*WM Lawry retired hurt 6 6 6 1 0
IR Redpath b Brown 0 16 8 0 0
RM Cowper b Snow 57 149 128 8 0
IM Chappell b Knight 71 197 180 9 0
KD Walters c & b Underwood 46 126 101 5 0
AP Sheahan b Underwood 4 15 16 1 0
+HB Taber c Barrington b Illingworth 16 50 53 2 0
EW Freeman b Illingworth 6 15 15 1 0
GD McKenzie not out 0 26 22 0 0
JW Gleeson c Illingworth b Underwood 3 8 14 0 0
AN Connolly b Illingworth 0 2 6 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 10, nb 2) 13
Total (all out, 91 overs) 222
FoW: 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).
Bowling O M R W
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 2nd innings R M B 4 6
JH Edrich c Cowper b Freeman 64 137 104 6 0
G Boycott c Taber b Connolly 31 83 87 3 0
TW Graveney not out 39 67 50 4 0
BR Knight b Connolly 1 3 2 0 0
+APE Knott not out 4 8 10 1 0
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (3 wickets declared, 42 overs) 142
DNB: *MC Cowdrey, KF Barrington, R Illingworth, DJ Brown,
JA Snow, DL Underwood.
FoW: 1-57 (Boycott), 2-131 (Edrich), 3-134 (Knight).
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 18 1 57 0
Freeman 9 2 23 1
Connolly 15 3 59 2
Australia 2nd innings (target: 330 runs) R M B 4 6
IR Redpath lbw b Snow 22 57 45 2 0
RM Cowper not out 25 101 86 4 0
IM Chappell not out 18 42 41 2 0
Extras (lb 1, nb 2) 3
Total (1 wicket, 28.2 overs) 68
DNB: *WM Lawry, KD Walters, AP Sheahan, +HB Taber, EW Freeman,
GD McKenzie, JW Gleeson, AN Connolly.
FoW: 1-44 (Redpath).
Bowling O M R W
Snow 9 1 32 1
Brown 6 1 15 0
Underwood 8 4 14 0
Illingworth 5.2 2 4 0
- This was Colin Cowdrey's 100th test match. The first time
this milestone was reached.
- WM Lawry retired hurt at 6/0
Day 5
- There was no play after 12:30pm on the final day.
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Tour Index
Team Pages:
England,
Australia.
Ground Page:
Edgbaston, Birmingham
England Player Pages:
JH Edrich,
G Boycott,
MC Cowdrey,
KF Barrington,
TW Graveney,
BR Knight,
APE Knott,
R Illingworth,
DJ Brown,
JA Snow,
DL Underwood.
Australia Player Pages:
WM Lawry,
IR Redpath,
RM Cowper,
IM Chappell,
KD Walters,
AP Sheahan,
HB Taber,
EW Freeman,
GD McKenzie,
JW Gleeson,
AN Connolly.
Match Officials' Pages:
CS Elliott,
H Yarnold.
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Thanks: Travis, Vishal
Contributed by Graham.Rose (grahamr@juggler.bt.co.uk)
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