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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th June 1968 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JS Buller, AE Fagg |
| Scorers | DK Sherwood (Australia), E Solomon (England) |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 53/1 (Boycott 27*, Milburn 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 314/5 (Knight 8*, Knott 30*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 351/7 (Knight 27*, Snow 0*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 50/0 (Lawry 25*, Redpath 24*) |
| Batter of the Match | C Milburn |
| Bowler of the Match | JW Gleeson, DJ Brown |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Edrich | c Cowper b McKenzie | 7 | 23 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| G Boycott | c Sheahan b McKenzie | 49 | 153 | 181 | 6 | - | |
| C Milburn | c Walters b Gleeson | 83 | 154 | 147 | 12 | 2 | |
| *MC Cowdrey | c Cowper b McKenzie | 45 | 141 | 152 | 8 | - | |
| KF Barrington | c Jarman b Connolly | 75 | 181 | 205 | 6 | - | |
| TW Graveney | c Jarman b Connolly | 14 | 29 | 31 | 2 | - | |
| BR Knight | not out | 27 | 93 | 123 | 3 | - | |
| +APE Knott | run out | 33 | 98 | 91 | 4 | - | |
| JA Snow | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| DJ Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 144.3 overs) | 351 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Edrich), 2-142 (Milburn), 3-147 (Boycott), 4-244 (Cowdrey), 5-271 (Graveney), 6-330 (Knott), 7-351 (Barrington) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 45 | 18 | 111 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Hawke | 35 | 7 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Connolly | 26.3 | 8 | 55 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Walters | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowper | 8 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gleeson | 27 | 11 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WM Lawry | c Knott b Brown | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| IR Redpath | c Cowdrey b Brown | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| RM Cowper | c Graveney b Snow | 8 | 27 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| KD Walters | c Knight b Brown | 26 | 57 | 72 | 4 | - | |
| AP Sheahan | c Knott b Knight | 6 | 26 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| IM Chappell | lbw b Knight | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| NJN Hawke | c Cowdrey b Knight | 2 | 32 | 52 | - | - | |
| GD McKenzie | b Brown | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| JW Gleeson | c Cowdrey b Brown | 14 | 17 | 19 | 3 | - | |
| +BN Jarman | retired hurt | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| AN Connolly | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 4 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 33.4 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Lawry), 2-12 (Redpath), 3-23 (Cowper), 4-46 (Sheahan), 5-52 (Walters), 6-58 (Chappell), 7-63 (McKenzie), 8-78 (Gleeson), 9-78 (Hawke, 33.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snow | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Brown | 14 | 5 | 42 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Knight | 10.4 | 5 | 16 | 3 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WM Lawry | c Brown b Snow | 28 | 99 | 126 | 3 | - | |
| IR Redpath | b Underwood | 53 | 143 | 167 | 8 | - | |
| RM Cowper | c Underwood b Barrington | 32 | 90 | 92 | 6 | - | |
| KD Walters | b Underwood | 0 | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
| AP Sheahan | not out | 0 | 44 | 52 | - | - | |
| IM Chappell | not out | 12 | 16 | 12 | - | - | |
| NJN Hawke | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Gleeson | did not bat | ||||||
| +BN Jarman | did not bat | ||||||
| AN Connolly | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 67 overs) | 127 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66 (Lawry), 2-93 (Redpath), 3-97 (Walters), 4-115 (Cowper) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snow | 12 | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Brown | 19 | 9 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knight | 16 | 9 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 18 | 15 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barrington | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> NJN Hawke made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Boycott (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> C Milburn (1) 50 in 100 balls, 108 minutes with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> KF Barrington (1) 50 in 130 balls, 143 minutes
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 44500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> IR Redpath (2) 50 in 128 balls, 156 minutes with 8 fours
--> DJ Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 5-63)
--> DJ Brown reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JW Gleeson, his 5th wicket in the Australia first innings
--> BR Knight reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AP Sheahan, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> KF Barrington retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 61 (team score 271/5) - he returned when the score was 330/6
--> BN Jarman retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 0 (team score 78/8)
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