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England v Australia, 1968, 3rd test
Birmingham (Edgbaston), 11/07/1968 - 16/07/1968

Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott, H Yarnold
Result: Match Drawn

England
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                                   409

Fall Of Wickets
1-80 (Boycott)                2-188 (Edrich)                
3-189 (Barrington)            4-282 (Cowdrey)               
5-293 (Knight)                6-323 (Knott)                 
7-374 (Graveney)              8-374 (Brown)                 
9-376 (Illingworth)           10-409 (Snow)                 

Bowling
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
*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, w 0, nb 2                      13
Total                 all out                                   222

Fall Of Wickets
1-10 (Redpath)                2-121 (Cowper)                
3-165 (Chappell)              4-176 (Sheahan)               
5-213 (Taber)                 6-213 (Walters)               
7-219 (Freeman)               8-222 (Gleeson)               
9-222 (Connolly)              

Bowling
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
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                b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1                        3
Total                 for 3 wickets                             142

Fall Of Wickets
1-57 (Boycott)                2-131 (Edrich)                
3-134 (Knight)                

Bowling
McKenzie            18      1    57     0
Freeman              9      2    23     1
Connolly            15      3    59     2

Australia
RM Cowper             not out                                    25
IR Redpath            lbw                b Snow                  22
IM Chappell           not out                                    18
Extras                b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 2                        3
Total                 for 1 wickets                              68

Fall Of Wickets
1-44 (Redpath)                

Bowling
Snow                 9      1    32     1
Brown                6      1    15     0
Underwood            8      4    14     0
Illingworth          5.2    2     4     0