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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 drawnAustralia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
 
Toss: EnglandUmpires: 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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