Matches (10)

BAN vs ZIM (1)

Women's Tri-Series (SL) (1)

IPL (2)

PSL (1)

County DIV1 (3)

County DIV2 (2)

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ZIM

227

BAN

(26 ov) 105/0

Day 2 - Session 1: Bangladesh trail by 122 runs.

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IND-W

(30/50 ov) 148/1

SA-W

IND Women chose to bat.

Schedule Table Report Series

England vs Australia, 5th Test at London, Aug 22 1968 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, The Oval, August 22 - 27, 1968, Australia tour of England

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England

494 & 181

Australia

(T:352) 324 & 125

England won by 226 runs

Player Of The Series

John Edrich

, ENG

554 runs

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich	b Chappell	164	422	459	20	0	38.86
Colin Milburn	b Connolly	8	29	33	1	0	27.58
Ted Dexter	b Gleeson	21	68	81	1	0	30.88
Colin Cowdrey (c)	lbw b Mallett	16	51	48	3	0	31.37
Tom Graveney	c Redpath b McKenzie	63	141	143	8	0	44.68
Basil D'Oliveira	c Inverarity b Mallett	158	325	309	21	0	48.61
Alan Knott †	c †Jarman b Mallett	28	72	71	4	0	38.88
Ray Illingworth	lbw b Connolly	8	44	39	1	0	18.18
John Snow	run out	4	13	13	0	0	30.76
Derek Underwood	not out	9	33	44	1	0	27.27
David Brown	c Sheahan b Gleeson	2	10	8	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 11, w 1)	13
Total	201.2 Ov (RR: 2.45)	494
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Colin Milburn), 2-84 (Ted Dexter), 3-113 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-238 (Tom Graveney), 5-359 (John Edrich), 6-421 (Alan Knott), 7-458 (Ray Illingworth), 8-468 (John Snow), 9-489 (Basil D'Oliveira), 10-494 (David Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	40	8	87	1	2.17	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	57	12	127	2	2.22	-	-	-
Doug Walters	6	2	17	0	2.83	-	-	-
John Gleeson	41.2	8	109	2	2.63	-	-	-
Ashley Mallett	36	11	87	3	2.41	-	-	-
Ian Chappell	21	5	54	1	2.57	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry (c)	c †Knott b Snow	135	401	443	22	0	33.66
John Inverarity	c Milburn b Snow	1	2	16	0	0	50.00
Ian Redpath	c Cowdrey b Snow	67	166	203	8	0	40.36
Ian Chappell	c †Knott b Brown	10	19	20	1	0	52.63
Doug Walters	c †Knott b Brown	5	6	7	1	0	83.33
Paul Sheahan	b Illingworth	14	34	36	2	0	41.17
Barry Jarman †	st †Knott b Illingworth	0	16	12	0	0	0.00
Graham McKenzie	b Brown	12	65	62	2	0	18.46
Ashley Mallett	not out	43	194	180	6	0	22.16
John Gleeson	c Dexter b Underwood	19	43	54	2	0	44.18
Alan Connolly	b Underwood	3	40	54	0	0	7.50
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 4)	15
Total	163.3 Ov (RR: 1.98)	324
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (John Inverarity), 2-136 (Ian Redpath), 3-151 (Ian Chappell), 4-161 (Doug Walters), 5-185 (Paul Sheahan), 6-188 (Barry Jarman), 7-237 (Graham McKenzie), 8-269 (Bill Lawry), 9-302 (John Gleeson), 10-324 (Alan Connolly)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	35	12	67	3	1.91	-	-	-
David Brown	22	5	63	3	2.86	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	48	15	87	2	1.81	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	54.3	21	89	2	1.63	-	-	-
Basil D'Oliveira	4	2	3	0	0.75	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich	c Lawry b Mallett	17	31	46	2	0	54.83
Colin Milburn	c Lawry b Connolly	18	28	23	2	1	64.28
Ted Dexter	b Connolly	28	47	36	4	0	59.57
Colin Cowdrey (c)	b Mallett	35	72	75	1	0	48.61
Tom Graveney	run out	12	28	19	0	0	42.85
Basil D'Oliveira	c Gleeson b Connolly	9	31	24	1	0	29.03
Alan Knott †	run out	34	56	60	4	0	60.71
Ray Illingworth	b Gleeson	10	30	23	1	0	33.33
John Snow	c Sheahan b Gleeson	13	25	23	2	0	52.00
Derek Underwood	not out	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
David Brown	b Connolly	1	2	1	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	58.4 Ov (RR: 3.08)	181
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Colin Milburn), 2-53 (John Edrich), 3-67 (Ted Dexter), 4-90 (Tom Graveney), 5-114 (Basil D'Oliveira), 6-126 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-149 (Ray Illingworth), 8-179 (John Snow), 9-179 (Alan Knott), 10-181 (David Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	22.4	2	65	4	2.86	-	-	-
John Gleeson	7	2	22	2	3.14	-	-	-
Ashley Mallett	25	4	77	2	3.08	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 352 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry (c)	c Milburn b Brown	4	2	5	1	0	200.00
John Inverarity	lbw b Underwood	56	253	249	9	0	22.13
Ian Redpath	lbw b Underwood	8	23	24	2	0	34.78
Ian Chappell	lbw b Underwood	2	8	7	0	0	25.00
Doug Walters	c †Knott b Underwood	1	25	28	0	0	4.00
Paul Sheahan	c Snow b Illingworth	24	64	65	4	0	37.50
Barry Jarman †	b D'Oliveira	21	101	83	3	0	20.79
Ashley Mallett	c Brown b Underwood	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Graham McKenzie	c Brown b Underwood	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
John Gleeson	b Underwood	5	15	13	1	0	33.33
Alan Connolly	not out	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4)	4
Total	83.3 Ov (RR: 1.49)	125
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Bill Lawry), 2-13 (Ian Redpath), 3-19 (Ian Chappell), 4-29 (Doug Walters), 5-65 (Paul Sheahan), 6-110 (Barry Jarman), 7-110 (Ashley Mallett), 8-110 (Graham McKenzie), 9-120 (John Gleeson), 10-125 (John Inverarity)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	11	5	22	0	2.00	-	-	-
David Brown	8	3	19	1	2.37	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	28	18	29	1	1.03	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	1.58	-	-	-
Basil D'Oliveira	5	4	1	1	0.20	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 22 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 272/4 (John Edrich 130*, Basil D'Oliveira 24*)

Fri, 23 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 43/1 (Bill Lawry 19*, Ian Redpath 21*)

Sat, 24 Aug - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 264/7 (Bill Lawry 135*, Ashley Mallett 7*)

Sun, 25 Aug - rest day

Mon, 26 Aug - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 13/2 (John Inverarity 1*)

Tue, 27 Aug - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 125 (83.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Australia retain the Ashes.

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1968
Player Of The Series	John Edrich
Batsman of The Match	Bill Lawry John Edrich
Bowler of The Match	Alan Connolly Derek Underwood
Fielder of The Series	Paul Sheahan
Series result	5-match series drawn 1-1
Match number	Test no. 641
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Ashley Mallett
Umpires	Arthur Fagg Charlie Elliott

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
WM Lawry	caught	4	2
RJ Inverarity	lbw	56	253
IR Redpath	lbw	8	23
IM Chappell	lbw	2	8
KD Walters	caught	1	25
AP Sheahan	caught	24	64
BN Jarman	bowled	21	101
AA Mallett	caught	0	2
GD McKenzie	caught	0	5
JW Gleeson	bowled	5	15
AN Connolly	not out	0	3
Extras	(lb 4)
Total	125(10 wkts; 83.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	11	5	22	0	2
DJ Brown	8	3	19	1	2.37
R Illingworth	28	18	29	1	1.03
DL Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	1.58
BL D'Oliveira	5	4	1	1	0.2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	Bill Lawry	John Inverarity
2nd	9	Ian Redpath	John Inverarity
3rd	6	Ian Chappell	John Inverarity
4th	10	Doug Walters	John Inverarity
5th	36	Paul Sheahan	John Inverarity
6th	45	Barry Jarman	John Inverarity
7th	0	John Inverarity	Ashley Mallett
8th	0	Graham McKenzie	John Inverarity
9th	10	John Gleeson	John Inverarity
10th	5	Alan Connolly	John Inverarity

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