In the decisive Third Test, Australia was 187–7 in reply to England's 268 when Ted Dexter decided to take the new ball. In response, Peter Burge, the last recognised batsman, went on the attack. He scored 160, well supported by Neil Hawke and Wally Grout, the last three wickets adding 211. This left England 121 behind on first innings and they could not recover.
Since a draw in the Fourth Test would ensure that Australia would retain the Ashes, they batted on until they had reached 656-8 before declaring, with Bob Simpson scoring 311, belatedly his first Test century. England responded with 611 (Ken Barrington 256, Ted Dexter 174) and the match ended in the dullest of draws.
The Australians had a stopover in Colomboen route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.[1]
Referencesedit
^"Ceylon v Australia 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
australian, cricket, team, england, 1964, australian, cricket, team, toured, england, 1964, season, play, five, match, test, series, against, england, ashes, australia, series, with, matches, drawn, therefore, retained, ashes, contents, test, series, summary, . The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1964 season to play a five match Test series against England for The Ashes Australia won the series 1 0 with 4 matches drawn and therefore retained The Ashes Contents 1 Test series summary 1 1 First Test 1 2 Second Test 1 3 Third Test 1 4 Fourth Test 1 5 Fifth Test 2 Ceylon 3 References 4 External links 5 Annual reviews 6 Further readingTest series summary editFirst Test edit 4 9 June 1964 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia216 8d 102 overs G Boycott 48 118 TR Veivers 3 39 16 overs 168 78 3 overs RB Simpson 50 145 LJ Coldwell 3 48 22 overs 193 9d 66 5 overs ER Dexter 68 88 GD McKenzie 5 53 24 overs 40 2 9 2 overs NCL O Neill 24 retired hurt 23 JA Flavell 1 11 4 2 overs Match drawnTrent Bridge Nottingham Umpires JS Buller and CS ElliottEngland won the toss and elected to bat 7 June was taken as a rest day There was no play on the third day G Boycott ENG and GE Corling AUS made their Test debuts Second Test edit 18 23 June 1964 ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp England176 84 overs TR Veivers 54 134 FS Trueman 5 48 25 overs 246 99 3 overs JH Edrich 120 282 GE Corling 4 60 27 3 overs 168 4 74 overs PJP Burge 59 110 FJ Titmus 2 21 17 overs Match drawnLord s London Umpires JS Buller and JF CrappEngland won the toss and elected to field 21 June was taken as a rest day There was no play on the first or second days N Gifford ENG made his Test debut Third Test edit 2 6 July 1964 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia268 103 3 overs JM Parks 68 136 NJN Hawke 5 75 31 3 overs 389 158 3 overs PJP Burge 160 308 FJ Titmus 4 69 50 overs 229 89 5 overs KF Barrington 85 162 GE Corling 3 52 17 5 overs 111 3 57 overs IR Redpath 58 174 FJ Titmus 2 25 27 overs Australia won by 7 wicketsHeadingley Leeds Umpires CS Elliott and WFF PriceEngland won the toss and elected to bat 5 July was taken as a rest day The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four RM Cowper AUS made his Test debut In the decisive Third Test Australia was 187 7 in reply to England s 268 when Ted Dexter decided to take the new ball In response Peter Burge the last recognised batsman went on the attack He scored 160 well supported by Neil Hawke and Wally Grout the last three wickets adding 211 This left England 121 behind on first innings and they could not recover Fourth Test edit 23 28 July 1964 ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp England656 8d 255 5 overs RB Simpson 311 743 JSE Price 3 183 45 overs 611 293 1 overs KF Barrington 256 624 GD McKenzie 7 153 60 overs 4 0 2 overs RB Simpson 4 6 Match drawnOld Trafford Manchester Umpires JS Buller and WFF PriceAustralia won the toss and elected to bat 26 July was taken as a rest day TW Cartwright and FE Rumsey both ENG made their Test debuts Since a draw in the Fourth Test would ensure that Australia would retain the Ashes they batted on until they had reached 656 8 before declaring with Bob Simpson scoring 311 belatedly his first Test century England responded with 611 Ken Barrington 256 Ted Dexter 174 and the match ended in the dullest of draws Fifth Test edit 13 18 August 1964 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp Australia182 71 4 overs KF Barrington 47 83 NJN Hawke 6 47 25 4 overs 379 177 3 overs WM Lawry 94 320 FS Trueman 4 87 33 3 overs 381 4 163 overs G Boycott 113 311 GD McKenzie 3 112 38 overs Match drawnThe Oval London Umpires JF Crapp and CS ElliottEngland won the toss and elected to bat 16 August was taken as a rest day There was no play on the final day Ceylon editThe Australians had a stopover in Colombo en route to England and played a one day single innings match there against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have Test status 1 References edit Ceylon v Australia 1964 CricketArchive Retrieved 29 June 2014 External links editCricketArchive tour summariesAnnual reviews editPlayfair Cricket Annual 1965 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1965Further reading editBill Frindall The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877 1978 Wisden Group 1979 Chris Harte A History of Australian Cricket Andre Deutsch 1993 Ray Robinson On Top Down Under Cassell Australia 1975 ISBN 0 7269 7364 5 nbsp This article about an international cricket tour of England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Australian cricket team in England in 1964 amp oldid 1127941314, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
