f27343 t639	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1968 (3rd Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th July 1968 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CS Elliott, H Yarnold
Scorers	DK Sherwood (Australia), E Solomon (England)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	England (1) 258/3 (Cowdrey 95*, Graveney 32*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 109/1 (Cowper 54*, Chappell 40*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 9/0 (Redpath 6*, Cowper 3*)
Bowler of the Match	EW Freeman, DL Underwood, R Illingworth
Batsman of the Match	IM Chappell, MC Cowdrey

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Taber b Freeman	88	245	280	10	-
G Boycott	lbw b Gleeson	36	148	155	3	-
*MC Cowdrey	b Freeman	104	247	244	15	-
KF Barrington	lbw b Freeman	0	4	6	-	-
TW Graveney	b Connolly	96	220	243	10	-
BR Knight	c Chappell b Connolly	6	12	12	-	-
+APE Knott	b McKenzie	4	23	37	-	-
R Illingworth	lbw b Gleeson	27	84	89	2	-
DJ Brown	b Connolly	0	3	1	-	-
JA Snow	c Connolly b Freeman	19	31	36	2	-
DL Underwood	not out	14	24	27	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 172.5 overs)	409
Fall of wickets:
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, 172.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	retired hurt	6	6	6	1	-
IR Redpath	b Brown	0	8	16	-	-
RM Cowper	b Snow	57	128	149	8	-
IM Chappell	b Knight	71	180	197	9	-
KD Walters	c and b Underwood	46	101	126	5	-
AP Sheahan	b Underwood	4	16	15	1	-
+HB Taber	c Barrington b Illingworth	16	53	50	2	-
EW Freeman	b Illingworth	6	15	15	1	-
GD McKenzie	not out	0	22	26	-	-
JW Gleeson	c Illingworth b Underwood	3	14	8	-	-
AN Connolly	b Illingworth	0	6	2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
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, 91 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Cowper b Freeman	64	104	137	6	-
G Boycott	c Taber b Connolly	31	87	83	3	-
TW Graveney	not out	39	50	67	4	-
BR Knight	b Connolly	1	2	3	-	-
+APE Knott	not out	4	10	8	1	-
*MC Cowdrey	did not bat
KF Barrington	did not bat
R Illingworth	did not bat
DJ Brown	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-57 (Boycott), 2-131 (Edrich), 3-134 (Knight)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	18	1	57	0	-	-
Freeman	9	2	23	1	-	-
Connolly	15	3	59	2	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	lbw b Snow	22	45	57	2	-
RM Cowper	not out	25	86	101	4	-
IM Chappell	not out	18	41	42	2	-
*WM Lawry	did not bat
KD Walters	did not bat
AP Sheahan	did not bat
+HB Taber	did not bat
EW Freeman	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
JW Gleeson	did not bat
AN Connolly	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 28.2 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (Redpath)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	9	1	32	1	-	-
Brown	6	1	15	0	-	-
Underwood	8	4	14	0	-	-
Illingworth	5.2	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Edrich (1) 50 in 154 balls, 190 minutes
--> G Boycott (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 126 balls, 107 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 100 in 240 balls, 235 minutes with 15 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 7000 runs in Test matches when he reached 60
--> TW Graveney (1) 50 in 98 balls, 129 minutes
--> R Illingworth (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> DL Underwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> RM Cowper (1) 50 in 89 balls, 102 minutes
--> RM Cowper (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 53
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 138 balls, 148 minutes
--> JH Edrich (2) 50 in 83 balls, 115 minutes
--> HB Taber made his debut in England in Test matches
--> EW Freeman made his debut in England in Test matches
--> EW Freeman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-86)
--> DJ Brown reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed IR Redpath, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> R Illingworth reached 1500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HB Taber, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> WM Lawry retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 6 (team score 6/0)

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There was no play after 12:30pm on the final day.

 

 

 

 

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