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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 464 (466/176)
The Ashes, 1958/59, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
9,10,12,13,14,15 January 1959 (6-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: C Hoy and MJ McInnes
Test Debuts: KN Slater (Aus); R Swetman (Eng).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 190/6 (Swetman 36*, Lock 17*)
  • Day 2: England 219, Australia 3/0 (McDonald 1*, Burke 2*)
  • Day 3: Australia 184/3 (O'Neill 66*, Favell 50*)
  • Day 4: Australia 357, England 1/0 (Bailey 1*, Milton 0*)
  • Day 5: England 178/3 (May 63*, Cowdrey 50*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    TE Bailey             lbw                b Meckiff              8  27  24  1 0
    CA Milton             c Meckiff          b Davidson             8  35  23  1 0
    TW Graveney           c Harvey           b Benaud              33 133 114  3 0
    *PBH May              c Mackay           b Slater              42 114 117  3 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Harvey           b Benaud              34  97 104  5 0
    ER Dexter             lbw                b Slater               1   5   7  0 0
    +R Swetman            c Mackay           b Benaud              41 168 180  1 0
    GAR Lock              lbw                b Mackay              21  62  58  3 0
    FS Trueman            c Burke            b Benaud              18  37  29  1 1
    JC Laker              c Harvey           b Benaud               2   2   4  0 0
    JB Statham            not out                                   0   8   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 5, w 2)                         11
    Total                 (all out, 82.4 overs)                   219
    
    FoW: 1-19 (Bailey), 2-23 (Milton), 3-91 (May), 4-97 (Graveney),
         5-98 (Dexter), 6-155 (Cowdrey), 7-194 (Lock),
         8-200 (Swetman), 9-202 (Laker), 10-219 (Trueman).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    12      3     21      1
    Meckiff                     15      2     45      1
    Benaud                      33.4   10     83      5
    Slater                      14      4     40      2
    Mackay                       8      3     19      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    CC McDonald           c Graveney         b Lock                40 192 166  2 0
    JW Burke              c Lock             b Laker               12  74  54  0 0
    RN Harvey                                b Laker                7  47  46  1 0
    NC O'Neill            c Swetman          b Laker               77 222 194  7 0
    LE Favell             c Cowdrey          b Lock                54 147 169  4 0
    KD Mackay                                b Trueman             57 199 154  6 0
    *R Benaud                                b Laker                6   9  15  1 0
    AK Davidson           lbw                b Lock                71 232 173  8 0
    +ATW Grout            c Statham          b Laker               14  53  50  0 0
    KN Slater             not out                                   1   7   4  0 0
    I Meckiff                                b Lock                 2   2   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 10, nb 1)                       16
    Total                 (all out, 128.2 overs)                  357
    
    FoW: 1-26 (Burke), 2-52 (Harvey), 3-87 (McDonald),
         4-197 (Favell), 5-199 (O'Neill), 6-208 (Benaud),
         7-323 (Mackay), 8-353 (Davidson), 9-355 (Grout),
         10-357 (Meckiff).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     16      2     48      0
    Trueman                     18      3     37      1
    Lock                        43.2    9    130      4
    Laker                       46      9    107      5
    Bailey                       5      0     19      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    TE Bailey             c sub              b Benaud              25  86  92  3 0
    CA Milton             c Davidson         b Benaud               8  71  56  1 0
    TW Graveney           lbw                b Davidson            22  53  56  2 0
    *PBH May                                 b Burke               92 318 269 10 0
    MC Cowdrey            not out                                 100 365 302  7 0
    ER Dexter             c Grout            b Benaud              11  32  33  2 0
    +R Swetman            lbw                b Burke                5  23  30  0 0
    FS Trueman            st Grout           b Benaud               0   3   1  0 0
    GAR Lock              not out                                  11  22  31  2 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 1, w 1)                        13
    Total                 (7 wickets declared, 109 overs)         287
    
    DNB: JC Laker, JB Statham.
    
    FoW: 1-30 (Milton), 2-37 (Bailey), 3-64 (Graveney), 4-246 (May),
         5-262 (Dexter), 6-269 (Swetman), 7-270 (Trueman).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    33     11     65      1
    Meckiff                      3      1      7      0
    Benaud                      33      7     94      4
    Slater                      18      5     61      0
    Mackay                      11      2     21      0
    Burke                       11      3     26      2
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 150 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    CC McDonald                              b Laker               16  73  83  1 0
    JW Burke                                 b Laker                7  53  41  1 0
    RN Harvey             not out                                  18  55  57  3 0
    NC O'Neill            not out                                   7  35  29  0 0
    Extras                (b 6)                                     6
    Total                 (2 wickets, 25 overs)                    54
    
    DNB: LE Favell, KD Mackay, *R Benaud, AK Davidson, +ATW Grout,
         KN Slater, I Meckiff.
    
    FoW: 1-22 (Burke), 2-33 (McDonald).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                      2      0      6      0
    Trueman                      4      1      9      0
    Lock                        11      4     23      0
    Laker                        8      3     10      2
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: TE Bailey, CA Milton, TW Graveney, PBH May, MC Cowdrey, ER Dexter, R Swetman, GAR Lock, FS Trueman, JC Laker, JB Statham.

    Australia Player Pages: CC McDonald, JW Burke, RN Harvey, NC O'Neill, LE Favell, KD Mackay, R Benaud, AK Davidson, ATW Grout, KN Slater, I Meckiff.

    Match Officials' Pages: C Hoy, MJ McInnes.

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