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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 641 (641/203)
The Ashes, 1968, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
22,23,24,26,27 August 1968 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 226 runs
5-Test series drawn 1-1

Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott and AE Fagg
Test Debuts: AA Mallett (Aus).
Batsman of the match: JH Edrich and WM Lawry
Bowler of the match: DL Underwood and AN Connolly
Man of the series: JH Edrich
Fielder of the series: AP Sheahan

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 272/4 (Edrich 130*, D'Oliveira 24*)
  • Day 2: England 494, Australia 43/1 (Lawry 19*, Redpath 21*)
  • Day 3: Australia 264/7 (Lawry 135*, Mallett 7*)
  • Day 4: Australia 324, England 181, Australia 13/2 (Inverarity 1*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    JH Edrich                                b Chappell           164 459 422 20 0
    C Milburn                                b Connolly             8  33  29  1 0
    ER Dexter                                b Gleeson             21  81  68  1 0
    *MC Cowdrey           lbw                b Mallett             16  48  51  3 0
    TW Graveney           c Redpath          b McKenzie            63 143 141  8 0
    BL D'Oliveira         c Inverarity       b Mallett            158 309 325 21 0
    +APE Knott            c Jarman           b Mallett             28  71  72  4 0
    R Illingworth         lbw                b Connolly             8  39  44  1 0
    JA Snow               run out                                   4  13  13  0 0
    DL Underwood          not out                                   9  44  33  1 0
    DJ Brown              c Sheahan          b Gleeson              2   8  10  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 11, w 1)                        13
    Total                 (all out, 201.2 overs)                  494
    
    FoW: 1-28 (Milburn), 2-84 (Dexter), 3-113 (Cowdrey),
         4-238 (Graveney), 5-359 (Edrich), 6-421 (Knott),
         7-458 (Illingworth), 8-468 (Snow), 9-489 (D'Oliveira),
         10-494 (Brown).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McKenzie                    40      8     87      1
    Connolly                    57     12    127      2
    Walters                      6      2     17      0
    Gleeson                     41.2    8    109      2
    Mallett                     36     11     87      3
    Chappell                    21      5     54      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *WM Lawry             c Knott            b Snow               135 443 401 22 0
    RJ Inverarity         c Milburn          b Snow                 1  16   2  0 0
    IR Redpath            c Cowdrey          b Snow                67 203 166  8 0
    IM Chappell           c Knott            b Brown               10  20  19  1 0
    KD Walters            c Knott            b Brown                5   7   6  1 0
    AP Sheahan                               b Illingworth         14  36  34  2 0
    +BN Jarman            st Knott           b Illingworth          0  12  16  0 0
    GD McKenzie                              b Brown               12  62  65  2 0
    AA Mallett            not out                                  43 180 194  6 0
    JW Gleeson            c Dexter           b Underwood           19  54  43  2 0
    AN Connolly                              b Underwood            3  54  40  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 7, nb 4)                        15
    Total                 (all out, 163.3 overs)                  324
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Inverarity), 2-136 (Redpath), 3-151 (Chappell),
         4-161 (Walters), 5-185 (Sheahan), 6-188 (Jarman),
         7-237 (McKenzie), 8-269 (Lawry), 9-302 (Gleeson),
         10-324 (Connolly).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Snow                        35     12     67      3
    Brown                       22      5     63      3
    Illingworth                 48     15     87      2
    Underwood                   54.3   21     89      2
    D'Oliveira                   4      2      3      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    JH Edrich             c Lawry            b Mallett             17  46  31  2 0
    C Milburn             c Lawry            b Connolly            18  23  28  2 1
    ER Dexter                                b Connolly            28  36  47  4 0
    *MC Cowdrey                              b Mallett             35  75  72  1 0
    TW Graveney           run out                                  12  19  28  0 0
    BL D'Oliveira         c Gleeson          b Connolly             9  24  31  1 0
    +APE Knott            run out                                  34  60  56  4 0
    R Illingworth                            b Gleeson             10  23  30  1 0
    JA Snow               c Sheahan          b Gleeson             13  23  25  2 0
    DL Underwood          not out                                   1   4   2  0 0
    DJ Brown                                 b Connolly             1   1   2  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
    Total                 (all out, 58.4 overs)                   181
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Milburn), 2-53 (Edrich), 3-67 (Dexter),
         4-90 (Graveney), 5-114 (D'Oliveira), 6-126 (Cowdrey),
         7-149 (Illingworth), 8-179 (Snow), 9-179 (Knott),
         10-181 (Brown).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McKenzie                     4      0     14      0
    Connolly                    22.4    2     65      4
    Gleeson                      7      2     22      2
    Mallett                     25      4     77      2
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 352 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    *WM Lawry             c Milburn          b Brown                4   5   2  1 0
    RJ Inverarity         lbw                b Underwood           56 249 253  9 0
    IR Redpath            lbw                b Underwood            8  24  23  2 0
    IM Chappell           lbw                b Underwood            2   7   8  0 0
    KD Walters            c Knott            b Underwood            1  28  25  0 0
    AP Sheahan            c Snow             b Illingworth         24  65  64  4 0
    +BN Jarman                               b D'Oliveira          21  83 101  3 0
    AA Mallett            c Brown            b Underwood            0   3   2  0 0
    GD McKenzie           c Brown            b Underwood            0   1   5  0 0
    JW Gleeson                               b Underwood            5  13  15  1 0
    AN Connolly           not out                                   0   4   3  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
    Total                 (all out, 83.3 overs)                   125
    
    FoW: 1-4 (Lawry), 2-13 (Redpath), 3-19 (Chappell),
         4-29 (Walters), 5-65 (Sheahan), 6-110 (Jarman),
         7-110 (Mallett), 8-110 (McKenzie), 9-120 (Gleeson),
         10-125 (Inverarity).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Snow                        11      5     22      0
    Brown                        8      3     19      1
    Illingworth                 28     18     29      1
    Underwood                   31.3   19     50      7
    D'Oliveira                   5      4      1      1
    

    • Australia retain the Ashes.




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    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    England Player Pages: JH Edrich, C Milburn, ER Dexter, MC Cowdrey, TW Graveney, BL D'Oliveira, APE Knott, R Illingworth, JA Snow, DL Underwood, DJ Brown.

    Australia Player Pages: WM Lawry, RJ Inverarity, IR Redpath, IM Chappell, KD Walters, AP Sheahan, BN Jarman, GD McKenzie, AA Mallett, JW Gleeson, AN Connolly.

    Match Officials' Pages: CS Elliott, AE Fagg.

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