England 1st Innings
|
BATTING
|
R
|
BF
|
4s
|
6s
|
SR
|
% Total
|
John Edrich
|
c †Taber b Freeman
|
88
|
245
|
10
|
0
|
35.92
|
21.52%
|
Geoff Boycott
|
lbw b Gleeson
|
36
|
148
|
3
|
0
|
24.32
|
8.80%
|
Colin Cowdrey*
|
b Freeman
|
104
|
247
|
15
|
0
|
42.11
|
25.43%
|
Ken Barrington
|
lbw b Freeman
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Tom Graveney
|
b Connolly
|
96
|
220
|
10
|
0
|
43.64
|
23.47%
|
Barry Knight
|
c Chappell b Connolly
|
6
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
50.00
|
1.47%
|
Alan Knott†
|
b McKenzie
|
4
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
17.39
|
0.98%
|
Ray Illingworth
|
lbw b Gleeson
|
27
|
84
|
2
|
0
|
32.14
|
6.60%
|
David Brown
|
b Connolly
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
John Snow
|
c Connolly b Freeman
|
19
|
31
|
2
|
0
|
61.29
|
4.65%
|
Derek Underwood
|
not out
|
14
|
24
|
1
|
0
|
58.33
|
3.42%
|
Extras
|
(b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 4)
|
15
|
|
Total
|
All Out
 (172.5 overs @ 2.37 rpo)
|
409
|
Fall of Wickets
|
1-80 Boycott, 2-188 Edrich, 3-189 Barrington, 4-282 Cowdrey, 5-293 Knight, 6-323 Knott, nbsp; 7-374 Graveney, 8-374 Brown, 9-376 Illingworth, 10-409 Snow
|
|
|
|
Australia 1st Innings
|
BATTING
|
R
|
BF
|
4s
|
6s
|
SR
|
% Total
|
Bill Lawry*
|
retired hurt
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
100.00
|
2.70%
|
Ian Redpath
|
b Brown
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Robert Cowper
|
b Snow
|
57
|
128
|
8
|
0
|
44.53
|
25.68%
|
Ian Chappell
|
b Knight
|
71
|
180
|
9
|
0
|
39.44
|
31.98%
|
Doug Walters
|
c & b Underwood
|
46
|
101
|
5
|
0
|
45.54
|
20.72%
|
Paul Sheahan
|
b Underwood
|
4
|
16
|
1
|
0
|
25.00
|
1.80%
|
Brian Taber†
|
c Barrington b Illingworth
|
16
|
53
|
2
|
0
|
30.19
|
7.21%
|
Eric Freeman
|
b Illingworth
|
6
|
15
|
1
|
0
|
40.00
|
2.70%
|
Graham McKenzie
|
not out
|
0
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
John Gleeson
|
c Illingworth b Underwood
|
3
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
21.43
|
1.35%
|
Alan Connolly
|
b Illingworth
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Extras
|
(b 1, lb 10, nb 2)
|
13
|
|
Total
|
All Out
 (91.0 overs @ 2.44 rpo)
|
222
|
Fall of Wickets
|
1-10 Redpath, 2-121 Cowper, 3-165 Chappell, 4-176 Sheahan, 5-213 Taber, nbsp; 6-213 Walters, 7-219 Freeman, 8-222 Gleeson, 9-222 Connolly
|
|
|
|
England 2nd Innings
|
BATTING
|
R
|
BF
|
4s
|
6s
|
SR
|
% Total
|
John Edrich
|
c Cowper b Freeman
|
64
|
104
|
6
|
0
|
61.54
|
45.07%
|
Geoff Boycott
|
c †Taber b Connolly
|
31
|
87
|
3
|
0
|
35.63
|
21.83%
|
Tom Graveney
|
not out
|
39
|
50
|
4
|
0
|
78.00
|
27.46%
|
Barry Knight
|
b Connolly
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
50.00
|
0.70%
|
Alan Knott†
|
not out
|
4
|
10
|
1
|
0
|
40.00
|
2.82%
|
Extras
|
(lb 2, nb 1)
|
3
|
|
Total
|
3 wickets declared
 (42.0 overs @ 3.38 rpo)
|
142
|
Did not Bat
|
|
Fall of Wickets
|
1-57 Boycott, 2-131 Edrich, 3-134 Knight
|
|
|
|
Australia 2nd Innings (target 330)
|
BATTING
|
R
|
BF
|
4s
|
6s
|
SR
|
% Total
|
Robert Cowper
|
not out
|
25
|
86
|
4
|
0
|
29.07
|
36.76%
|
Ian Redpath
|
lbw b Snow
|
22
|
45
|
2
|
0
|
48.89
|
32.35%
|
Ian Chappell
|
not out
|
18
|
41
|
2
|
0
|
43.90
|
26.47%
|
Extras
|
(lb 1, nb 2)
|
3
|
|
Total
|
1 wickets
 (28.2 overs @ 2.40 rpo)
|
68
|
Did not Bat
|
|
Fall of Wickets
|
|
|
|
MATCH INFORMATION
|
Venue
|
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|
Toss
|
England won the toss and elected to bat
|
Series
|
1968 England v Australia
(The Ashes)
- 3rd Test
|
Match No.
|
Test #639
|
Match Conditions
|
Day Match
|
Players of Match
|
Ian Chappell, Colin Cowdrey, Eric Freeman, Ray Illingworth, Derek Underwood
|
Partnerships
|
View
|
|
END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
|
Day 1 - No play
|
Day 2 - England 1st innings 258/3 (MC Cowdrey 95*, TW Graveney 32*)
|
Day 3 - Australia 1st innings 109/1 (RM Cowper 54*, IM Chappell 40*)
|
Day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 9/0 (IR Redpath 6*, RM Cowper 3*)
|
Day 5 - Australia 2nd Innings 68/1, 28.2 overs - end of match
|
|
NOTES
|
Australia 1st innings - Bill Lawry retired hurt/ill at 6/0
|