The Ashes, 1968, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
11,12,13,15,16 July 1968 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott and H Yarnold
Close of Play:
Day 1: No play
Day 2: England 258/3 (Cowdrey 95*, Graveney 32*)
Day 3: England 409, Australia 109/1 (Cowper 54*, Chappell 40*)
Day 4: Australia 222, England 142/3d, Australia 9/0 (Redpath 6*,Cowper 3*)
England 1st innings
JH Edrich c Taber b Freeman 88
G Boycott lbw b Gleeson 36
*MC Cowdrey b Freeman 104
KF Barrington lbw b Freeman 0
TW Graveney b Connolly 96
BR Knight c Chappell b Connolly 6
+APE Knott b McKenzie 4
R Illingworth lbw b Gleeson 27
DJ Brown b Connolly 0
JA Snow c Connolly b Freeman 19
DL Underwood not out 14
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 4) 15
Total (all out, 172.5 overs) 409
FoW: 1-80, 2-188, 3-189, 4-282, 5-293,
6-323, 7-374, 8-374, 9-376, 10-409.
Bowling O M R W
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
Australia 1st innings
*WM Lawry retired hurt 6
IR Redpath b Brown 0
RM Cowper b Snow 57
IM Chappell b Knight 71
KD Walters c & b Underwood 46
AP Sheahan b Underwood 4
+HB Taber c Barrington b Illingworth 16
EW Freeman b Illingworth 6
GD McKenzie not out 0
JW Gleeson c Illingworth b Underwood 3
AN Connolly b Illingworth 0
Extras (b 1, lb 10, nb 2) 13
Total (all out, 91 overs) 222
FoW: 1-10, 2-121, 3-165, 4-176, 5-213,
6-213, 7-219, 8-222, 9-222.
Bowling O M R W
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
England 2nd innings
JH Edrich c Cowper b Freeman 64
G Boycott c Taber b Connolly 31
TW Graveney not out 39
BR Knight b Connolly 1
+APE Knott not out 4
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (3 wickets declared, 42 overs) 142
DNB: *MC Cowdrey, KF Barrington, R Illingworth, DJ Brown,
JA Snow, DL Underwood.
FoW: 1-57, 2-131, 3-134.
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 18 1 57 0
Freeman 9 2 23 1
Connolly 15 3 59 2
Australia 2nd innings (target: 330 runs)
RM Cowper not out 25
IR Redpath lbw b Snow 22
IM Chappell not out 18
Extras (lb 1, nb 2) 3
Total (1 wicket, 28.2 overs) 68
DNB: *WM Lawry, KD Walters, AP Sheahan, +HB Taber, EW Freeman,
GD McKenzie, JW Gleeson, AN Connolly.
FoW: 1-44.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 9 1 32 1
Brown 6 1 15 0
Underwood 8 4 14 0
Illingworth 5.2 2 4 0
This was Colin Cowdrey's 100th test match. The first time this milestone was reached.
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