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Test # 598
The Ashes, 1965/66, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
30,31 December 1965, 1,3,4 January 1966 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: CJ Egar and WJ Smyth

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 278/4 (Cowper 90*, Walters 7*)
  • Day 2: Australia 358, England 208/2 (Edrich 48*, Barrington 54*)
  • Day 3: England 516/7 (Parks 66*, Titmus 23*)
  • Day 4: England 558, Australia 131/1 (Lawry 61*, Cowper 1*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *RB Simpson           c Edrich           b Allen               59 145 145  7 0
    WM Lawry              c Cowdrey          b Allen               88 266 223 10 0
    PJP Burge                                b Jones                5  30  50  0 0
    RM Cowper             c Titmus           b Jones               99 203 183 13 0
    BC Booth              lbw                b Jones               23  63  42  3 0
    KD Walters            c Parks            b Knight              22  92  84  1 0
    TR Veivers            run out                                  19  92  67  1 0
    PI Philpott                              b Knight              10  28  35  1 0
    +ATW Grout            c Barber           b Knight              11  32  26  1 0
    GD McKenzie           not out                                  12  20  22  1 0
    AN Connolly           c Parks            b Knight               0  10   6  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 7, nb 1)                        10
    Total                 (all out, 107.5 overs)                  358
    
    FoW: 1-93 (Simpson), 2-109 (Burge), 3-203 (Lawry), 4-262 (Booth),
         5-297 (Cowper), 6-318 (Walters), 7-330 (Philpott),
         8-342 (Veivers), 9-352 (Grout), 10-358 (Connolly).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Jones                       24      4     92      3
    Knight                      26.5    2     84      4
    Titmus                      31      7     93      0
    Allen                       20      4     55      2
    Barber                       6      1     24      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             c McKenzie         b Walters             51  77  85  5 0
    RW Barber             c Grout            b McKenzie            48  97  62  3 0
    JH Edrich                            c & b Veivers            109 310 286 11 0
    KF Barrington         c Burge            b Veivers             63 158 139  5 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Connolly         b Cowper             104 197 187  9 0
    *MJK Smith            c Grout            b McKenzie            41 103  92  4 0
    +JM Parks             c Cowper           b McKenzie            71 160 124  5 0
    BR Knight             c Simpson          b McKenzie             1  10  15  0 0
    FJ Titmus             not out                                  56 143 128  7 0
    DA Allen              c Grout            b Connolly             2  16  22  0 0
    IJ Jones                                 b McKenzie             1  15   9  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 5, w 2)                         11
    Total                 (all out, 143.2 overs)                  558
    
    FoW: 1-98 (Boycott), 2-110 (Barber), 3-228 (Barrington),
         4-333 (Edrich), 5-409 (Cowdrey), 6-443 (Smith),
         7-447 (Knight), 8-540 (Parks), 9-551 (Allen),
         10-558 (Jones).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McKenzie                    35.2    3    134      5
    Connolly                    37      5    125      1
    Philpott                    30      2    133      0
    Walters                     10      2     32      1
    Simpson                     16      4     61      0
    Veivers                     12      3     46      2
    Cowper                       3      0     16      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *RB Simpson           c Barrington       b Knight              67 147 129  7 0
    WM Lawry              c Smith            b Barber              78 222 198  5 0
    RM Cowper             lbw                b Jones                5  42  24  0 0
    PJP Burge             c Edrich           b Boycott            120 255 193 12 0
    BC Booth                                 b Allen               10  29  43  0 0
    KD Walters                           c & b Barrington         115 263 296  8 0
    TR Veivers            st Parks           b Boycott              3  23  18  0 0
    PI Philpott                              b Knight               2   5   5  0 0
    +ATW Grout            c Allen            b Barrington          16  27  26  1 0
    GD McKenzie           run out                                   2   8   4  0 0
    AN Connolly           not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 3)                    8
    Total                 (all out, 116.4 overs)                  426
    
    FoW: 1-120 (Simpson), 2-141 (Cowper), 3-163 (Lawry),
         4-176 (Booth), 5-374 (Burge), 6-382 (Veivers),
         7-385 (Philpott), 8-417 (Grout), 9-426 (McKenzie),
         10-426 (Walters).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Jones                       20      1     92      1
    Knight                      21      4     61      2
    Titmus                      22      6     43      0
    Allen                       18      3     48      1
    Barber                      17      0     87      1
    Barrington                   7.4    0     47      2
    Boycott                      9      0     32      2
    Smith                        2      0      8      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 227 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             not out                                   5  10  11  0 0
    RW Barber             not out                                   0  10   5  0 0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (0 wickets, 2 overs)                      5
    
    DNB: JH Edrich, KF Barrington, MC Cowdrey, *MJK Smith, +JM Parks,
         BR Knight, FJ Titmus, DA Allen, IJ Jones.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McKenzie                     1      0      2      0
    Connolly                     1      0      3      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: RB Simpson, WM Lawry, PJP Burge, RM Cowper, BC Booth, KD Walters, TR Veivers, PI Philpott, ATW Grout, GD McKenzie, AN Connolly.

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, RW Barber, JH Edrich, KF Barrington, MC Cowdrey, MJK Smith, JM Parks, BR Knight, FJ Titmus, DA Allen, IJ Jones.

    Match Officials' Pages: CJ Egar, WJ Smyth.

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