RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 22 August, 1968, Kennington Oval & Match Stats

ENG

494/10 (201.2 ov) & 181/10 (58.4 ov)

AUS

324/10 (163.3 ov) & 125/10 (83.3 ov)

England won by 226 runs

England 1st Innings

494/10 (201.2 ov)

RR 2.46

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich b Chappell	164	422	20	0	38.86
Colin Milburn b Connolly	8	29	1	0	27.59
Edward Ted Dexter b Gleeson	21	68	1	0	30.88
Colin Cowdrey lbw b Mallett	16	51	3	0	31.37
Tom Graveney c Redpath b McKenzie	63	141	8	0	44.68
Basil D'Oliveira c Inverarity b Mallett	158	325	21	0	48.62
Alan Knott c †Jarman b Mallett	28	72	4	0	38.89
Ray Illingworth lbw b Connolly	8	44	1	0	18.18
John Snow run out	4	13	0	0	30.77
Derek Underwood not out	9	33	1	0	27.27
David Brown c Sheahan b Gleeson	2	10	0	0	20.00
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	13
TOTAL (2.46 RUNS PER OVER)	494/10 (201.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 359-5 (John Edrich, 0 ov), 28-1 (Colin Milburn, 0 ov), 84-2 (Edward Ted Dexter, 0 ov), 113-3 (Colin Cowdrey, 0 ov), 238-4 (Tom Graveney, 0 ov), 489-9 (Basil D'Oliveira, 0 ov), 421-6 (Alan Knott, 0 ov), 458-7 (Ray Illingworth, 0 ov), 468-8 (John Snow, 0 ov), 494-10 (David Brown, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Graham McKenzie	40	8	87	1	2.18
Alan Connolly	57	12	127	2	2.23
Doug Walters	6	2	17	0	2.83
John Gleeson	41.2	8	109	2	2.64
Ashley Mallett	36	11	87	3	2.42
Ian Michael Chappell	21	5	54	1	2.57

Australia 1st Innings

324/10 (163.3 ov)

RR 1.98

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry c †Knott b Snow	135	401	22	0	33.67
Robert Inverarity c Milburn b Snow	1	2	0	0	50.00
Ian Redpath c Cowdrey b Snow	67	166	8	0	40.36
Ian Michael Chappell c †Knott b Brown	10	19	1	0	52.63
Doug Walters c †Knott b Brown	5	6	1	0	83.33
Paul Sheahan b Illingworth	14	34	2	0	41.18
Barry Jarman st †Knott b Illingworth	0	16	0	0	0.00
Graham McKenzie b Brown	12	65	2	0	18.46
Ashley Mallett not out	43	194	6	0	22.16
John Gleeson c Dexter b Underwood	19	43	2	0	44.19
Alan Connolly b Underwood	3	40	0	0	7.50
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 7, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	15
TOTAL (1.98 RUNS PER OVER)	324/10 (163.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 269-8 (Bill Lawry, 0 ov), 7-1 (Robert Inverarity, 0 ov), 136-2 (Ian Redpath, 0 ov), 151-3 (Ian Michael Chappell, 0 ov), 161-4 (Doug Walters, 0 ov), 185-5 (Paul Sheahan, 0 ov), 188-6 (Barry Jarman, 0 ov), 237-7 (Graham McKenzie, 0 ov), 302-9 (John Gleeson, 0 ov), 324-10 (Alan Connolly, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
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

181/10 (58.4 ov)

RR 3.10

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich c Lawry b Mallett	17	31	2	0	54.84
Colin Milburn c Lawry b Connolly	18	28	2	1	64.29
Edward Ted Dexter b Connolly	28	47	4	0	59.57
Colin Cowdrey b Mallett	35	72	1	0	48.61
Tom Graveney run out	12	28	0	0	42.86
Basil D'Oliveira c Gleeson b Connolly	9	31	1	0	29.03
Alan Knott run out	34	56	4	0	60.71
Ray Illingworth b Gleeson	10	30	1	0	33.33
John Snow c Sheahan b Gleeson	13	25	2	0	52.00
Derek Underwood not out	1	2	0	0	50.00
David Brown b Connolly	1	2	0	0	50.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	3
TOTAL (3.10 RUNS PER OVER)	181/10 (58.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 53-2 (John Edrich, 0 ov), 23-1 (Colin Milburn, 0 ov), 67-3 (Edward Ted Dexter, 0 ov), 126-6 (Colin Cowdrey, 0 ov), 90-4 (Tom Graveney, 0 ov), 114-5 (Basil D'Oliveira, 0 ov), 179-9 (Alan Knott, 0 ov), 149-7 (Ray Illingworth, 0 ov), 179-8 (John Snow, 0 ov), 181-10 (David Brown, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Graham McKenzie	4	0	14	0	3.50
Alan Connolly	22.4	2	65	4	2.87
John Gleeson	7	2	22	2	3.14
Ashley Mallett	25	4	77	2	3.08

Australia 2nd Innings (target 352)

125/10 (83.3 ov)

RR 1.50

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry c Milburn b Brown	4	2	1	0	200.00
Robert Inverarity lbw b Underwood	56	253	9	0	22.13
Ian Redpath lbw b Underwood	8	23	2	0	34.78
Ian Michael Chappell lbw b Underwood	2	8	0	0	25.00
Doug Walters c †Knott b Underwood	1	25	0	0	4.00
Paul Sheahan c Snow b Illingworth	24	64	4	0	37.50
Barry Jarman b D'Oliveira	21	101	3	0	20.79
Ashley Mallett c Brown b Underwood	0	2	0	0	0.00
Graham McKenzie c Brown b Underwood	0	5	0	0	0.00
John Gleeson b Underwood	5	15	1	0	33.33
Alan Connolly not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	4
TOTAL (1.50 RUNS PER OVER)	125/10 (83.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 4-1 (Bill Lawry, 0 ov), 125-10 (Robert Inverarity, 0 ov), 13-2 (Ian Redpath, 0 ov), 19-3 (Ian Michael Chappell, 0 ov), 29-4 (Doug Walters, 0 ov), 65-5 (Paul Sheahan, 0 ov), 110-6 (Barry Jarman, 0 ov), 110-7 (Ashley Mallett, 0 ov), 110-8 (Graham McKenzie, 0 ov), 120-9 (John Gleeson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
John Snow	11	5	22	0	2.00
David Brown	8	3	19	1	2.38
Ray Illingworth	28	18	29	1	1.04
Derek Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	1.59
Basil D'Oliveira	5	4	1	1	0.20

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 22, 1968 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Kennington Oval, London