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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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    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.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Graham.Rose (grahamr@juggler.bt.co.uk)  
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