The Australian team played 20 first-class matches outside the test series, winning seven games, losing two and drawing the other eleven matches. One game was abandoned without any play and is not included in the figures. They also played four matches which did not have first-class status, winning two and drawing two.
australian, cricket, team, england, 1968, australian, cricket, team, toured, england, 1968, season, play, five, match, test, series, against, england, ashes, australia, retained, ashes, after, series, drawn, australian, team, played, first, class, matches, out. The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1968 season to play a five match Test series against England for The Ashes Australia retained The Ashes after the series was drawn 1 1 The Australian team played 20 first class matches outside the test series winning seven games losing two and drawing the other eleven matches One game was abandoned without any play and is not included in the figures They also played four matches which did not have first class status winning two and drawing two Contents 1 Australian squad 2 Test series summary 2 1 First Test 2 2 Second Test 2 3 Third Test 2 4 Fourth Test 2 5 Fifth Test 3 References 4 Annual reviews 5 Further reading 6 External linksAustralian squad editThe Australian squad consisted of Bill Lawry captain Ian Chappell Alan Connolly Bob Cowper Eric Freeman John Gleeson Neil Hawke John Inverarity Barry Jarman Les Joslin Ashley Mallett Graham McKenzie Ian Redpath David Renneberg Paul Sheahan Brian Taber and Doug Walters Test series summary editFirst Test edit 6 11 June 1968 Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp England 357 130 3 overs AP Sheahan 88 210 JA Snow 4 97 34 overs 165 104 3 overs JH Edrich 49 176 RM Cowper 4 48 26 overs 220 88 overs KD Walters 86 189 PI Pocock 6 79 33 overs 253 110 overs BL D Oliveira 87 188 JW Gleeson 3 44 30 overs Australia won by 159 runsOld Trafford Manchester Umpires JS Buller and CS Elliott Australia won the toss and elected to bat 9 June was taken as a rest day Second Test edit 20 25 June 1968 Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp Australia 351 7d 144 3 overs C Milburn 83 154 GD McKenzie 3 111 45 overs 78 33 4 overs KD Walters 26 57 DJ Brown 5 42 14 overs 127 4 f o 67 overs IR Redpath 53 143 DL Underwood 2 8 18 overs Match drawnLord s London Umpires JS Buller and AE Fagg England won the toss and elected to bat 23 June was taken as a rest day Third Test edit 11 16 July 1968 Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp Australia 409 172 5 overs MC Cowdrey 104 247 EW Freeman 4 78 30 5 overs 222 91 overs IM Chappell 71 180 R Illingworth 3 37 22 overs 142 3d 42 overs JH Edrich 64 104 AN Connolly 2 59 15 overs 68 1 28 2 overs RM Cowper 25 86 JA Snow 1 32 9 overs Match drawnEdgbaston Birmingham Umpires CS Elliott and H Yarnold England won the toss and elected to bat 14 July was taken as a rest day There was no play on the first day Fourth Test edit 25 30 July 1968 Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp England 315 133 4 overs IR Redpath 92 176 DL Underwood 4 41 27 4 overs 302 147 overs RM Prideaux 64 170 AN Connolly 5 72 39 overs 312 154 1 overs IM Chappell 81 228 R Illingworth 6 87 51 overs 230 4 84 overs JH Edrich 65 158 AN Connolly 2 68 31 overs Match drawnHeadingley Leeds Umpires JS Buller and AE Fagg Australia won the toss and elected to bat 28 July was taken as a rest day RJ Inverarity AUS and KWR Fletcher and RM Prideaux both ENG made their Test debuts Fifth Test edit 22 27 August 1968 Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp Australia 494 201 2 overs JH Edrich 164 422 AA Mallett 3 87 36 overs 324 163 3 overs WM Lawry 135 401 DJ Brown 3 63 22 overs 181 58 4 overs MC Cowdrey 35 72 AN Connolly 4 65 22 4 overs 125 83 3 overs RJ Inverarity 56 253 DL Underwood 7 50 31 3 overs England won by 226 runsThe Oval London Umpires CS Elliott and AE Fagg England won the toss and elected to bat 25 August was taken as a rest day AA Mallett AUS made his Test debut References editAnnual reviews editPlayfair Cricket Annual 1969 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1969Further reading editBill Frindall The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877 1978 Wisden 1979 Chris Harte A History of Australian Cricket Andre Deutsch 1993 Ray Robinson On Top Down Under Cassell 1975External links editCricketArchive tour summaries 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 1968 amp oldid 1201132596, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
