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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
494 & 181 Series badge AUS
324 & 125 AUS flag
Overs: 58.4 RR: 3.09 vs spin: 3.09
vs seam: 2.96
 Overs: 83.3 RR: 1.50 vs spin: 1.04
vs seam: 1.80
Thu 22/08/68 England v Australia, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by 226 runs
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England - 1st Inns 494 (201.2; RR: 2.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JH Edrich b Chappell 164 422 20 0 38.86
C Milburn b Connolly 8 29 1 0 27.59
ER Dexter b Gleeson 21 68 1 0 30.88
MC Cowdrey lbw b Mallett 16 51 3 0 31.37
TW Graveney c Redpath b McKenzie 63 141 8 0 44.68
BL D'Oliveira c Inverarity b Mallett 158 325 21 0 48.62
APE Knott c Jarman b Mallett 28 72 4 0 38.89
R Illingworth lbw b Connolly 8 44 1 0 18.18
JA Snow run out 4 13 0 0 30.77
DL Underwood not out 9 33 1 0 27.27
DJ Brown c Sheahan b Gleeson 2 10 0 0 20.00
Extras (1b, 11lb, 1w, 0nb) 13  
TOTAL 494 all out (201.2 overs; RR: 2.45)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (C Milburn 0.0 ov), 84-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 113-3 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 238-4 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 359-5 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 421-6 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 458-7 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 468-8 (JA Snow 0.0 ov), 489-9 (BL D'Oliveira 0.0 ov), 494-10 (DJ Brown 201.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 40.0 8 87 1 2.18 0 0
AN Connolly 57.0 12 127 2 2.23 0 0
KD Walters 6.0 2 17 0 2.83 0 0
JW Gleeson 41.2 8 109 2 2.66 0 0
AA Mallett 36.0 11 87 3 2.42 0 0
IM Chappell 21.0 5 54 1 2.57 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 324 (163.3; RR: 1.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WM Lawry c Knott b Snow 135 401 22 0 33.67
RJ Inverarity c Milburn b Snow 1 2 0 0 50.00
IR Redpath c Cowdrey b Snow 67 166 8 0 40.36
IM Chappell c Knott b Brown 10 19 1 0 52.63
KD Walters c Knott b Brown 5 6 1 0 83.33
AP Sheahan b Illingworth 14 34 2 0 41.18
BN Jarman st Knott b Illingworth 0 16 0 0 0.00
GD McKenzie b Brown 12 65 2 0 18.46
AA Mallett not out 43 194 6 0 22.16
JW Gleeson c Dexter b Underwood 19 43 2 0 44.19
AN Connolly b Underwood 3 40 0 0 7.50
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 4nb) 15  
TOTAL 324 all out (163.3 overs; RR: 1.98)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (RJ Inverarity 0.0 ov), 136-2 (IR Redpath 0.0 ov), 151-3 (IM Chappell 0.0 ov), 161-4 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 185-5 (AP Sheahan 0.0 ov), 188-6 (BN Jarman 0.0 ov), 237-7 (GD McKenzie 0.0 ov), 269-8 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 302-9 (JW Gleeson 0.0 ov), 324-10 (AN Connolly 163.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Snow 35.0 12 67 3 1.91 0 0
DJ Brown 22.0 5 63 3 2.86 0 0
R Illingworth 48.0 15 87 2 1.81 0 0
DL Underwood 54.3 21 89 2 1.65 0 0
BL D'Oliveira 4.0 2 3 0 0.75 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 181 (58.4; RR: 3.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JH Edrich c Lawry b Mallett 17 31 2 0 54.84
C Milburn c Lawry b Connolly 18 28 2 1 64.29
ER Dexter b Connolly 28 47 4 0 59.57
MC Cowdrey b Mallett 35 72 1 0 48.61
TW Graveney run out 12 28 0 0 42.86
BL D'Oliveira c Gleeson b Connolly 9 31 1 0 29.03
APE Knott run out 34 56 4 0 60.71
R Illingworth b Gleeson 10 30 1 0 33.33
JA Snow c Sheahan b Gleeson 13 25 2 0 52.00
DL Underwood not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
DJ Brown b Connolly 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 181 all out (58.4 overs; RR: 3.09)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (C Milburn 0.0 ov), 53-2 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 67-3 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 90-4 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 114-5 (BL D'Oliveira 0.0 ov), 126-6 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 149-7 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 179-8 (JA Snow 0.0 ov), 179-9 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 181-10 (DJ Brown 58.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 4.0 0 14 0 3.50 0 0
AN Connolly 22.4 2 65 4 2.95 0 0
AA Mallett 25.0 4 77 2 3.08 0 0
JW Gleeson 7.0 2 22 2 3.14 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 125 (83.3; RR: 1.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WM Lawry c Milburn b Brown 4 2 1 0 200.00
RJ Inverarity lbw b Underwood 56 253 9 0 22.13
IR Redpath lbw b Underwood 8 23 2 0 34.78
IM Chappell lbw b Underwood 2 8 0 0 25.00
KD Walters c Knott b Underwood 1 25 0 0 4.00
AP Sheahan c Snow b Illingworth 24 64 4 0 37.50
BN Jarman b D'Oliveira 21 101 3 0 20.79
AA Mallett c Brown b Underwood 0 2 0 0 0.00
GD McKenzie c Brown b Underwood 0 5 0 0 0.00
JW Gleeson b Underwood 5 15 1 0 33.33
AN Connolly not out 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 125 all out (83.3 overs; RR: 1.50)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 13-2 (IR Redpath 0.0 ov), 19-3 (IM Chappell 0.0 ov), 29-4 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 65-5 (AP Sheahan 0.0 ov), 110-6 (BN Jarman 0.0 ov), 110-7 (AA Mallett 0.0 ov), 110-8 (GD McKenzie 0.0 ov), 120-9 (JW Gleeson 0.0 ov), 125-10 (RJ Inverarity 83.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Snow 11.0 5 22 0 2.00 0 0
DJ Brown 8.0 3 19 1 2.38 0 0
DL Underwood 31.3 19 50 7 1.61 0 0
R Illingworth 28.0 18 29 1 1.04 0 0
BL D'Oliveira 5.0 4 1 1 0.20 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 22, 1968

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

CS Elliott, AE Fagg

England Team

Playing XI

TW Graveney, MC Cowdrey, ER Dexter, R Illingworth, JH Edrich, JA Snow, DJ Brown, C Milburn, BL D'Oliveira, DL Underwood, APE Knott

Australia Team

Playing XI

BN Jarman, WM Lawry, GD McKenzie, AN Connolly, IR Redpath, IM Chappell, KD Walters, JW Gleeson, AP Sheahan, RJ Inverarity, AA Mallett