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The Ashes - 6th Test

Australia v England

England won by an innings and 4 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
IR Redpath c Greig b Lever 1 35 23 0 0 4.34
RB McCosker c Greig b Lever 0 9 4 0 0 0.00
IM Chappell* c †Knott b Old 65 149 105 7 0 61.90
GS Chappell c Denness b Lever 1 24 14 0 0 7.14
R Edwards c Amiss b Lever 0 11 5 0 0 0.00
KD Walters c Edrich b Old 12 30 17 2 0 70.58
RW Marsh† b Old 29 65 45 5 0 64.44
MHN Walker not out 20 72 45 1 0 44.44
DK Lillee c †Knott b Lever 12 38 17 2 0 70.58
AA Mallett b Lever 7 14 12 1 0 58.33
G Dymock c †Knott b Greig 0 10 10 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 2) 5
Total (all out; 36.7 overs) 152 (3.09 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (McCosker), 2-5 (Redpath), 3-19 (GS Chappell), 4-23 (Edwards), 5-50 (Walters), 6-104 (IM Chappell), 7-115 (Marsh), 8-141 (Lillee), 9-149 (Mallett), 10-152 (Dymock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GG Arnold 6 2 24 0 3.00
P Lever 11 2 38 6 2.59
CM Old 11 0 50 3 3.40
AW Greig 8.7 1 35 1 2.95
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
DL Amiss lbw b Lillee 0 3 4 0 0 0.00
MC Cowdrey c †Marsh b Walker 7 43 35 1 0 20.00
JH Edrich c IM Chappell b Walker 70 212 164 3 0 42.68
MH Denness* c & b Walker 188 492 448 17 0 41.96
KWR Fletcher c Redpath b Walker 146 446 424 11 0 34.43
AW Greig c sub (TJ Jenner) b Walker 89 122 94 13 0 94.68
APE Knott† c †Marsh b Walker 5 14 6 1 0 83.33
CM Old b Dymock 0 5 3 0 0 0.00
DL Underwood b Walker 11 26 18 1 0 61.11
GG Arnold c †Marsh b Walker 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
P Lever not out 6 18 14 0 0 42.85
Extras (b 4, lb 2, nb 1) 7
Total (all out; 151.2 overs) 529 (2.62 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Amiss), 2-18 (Cowdrey), 3-167 (Edrich), 4-359 (Denness), 5-507 (Greig), 6-507 (Fletcher), 7-508 (Old), 8-514 (Knott), 9-514 (Arnold), 10-529 (Underwood)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 6 2 17 1 2.12
MHN Walker 42.2 7 143 8 2.53
G Dymock 39 6 130 1 2.50
KD Walters 23 3 86 0 2.80
AA Mallett 29 8 96 0 2.48
IM Chappell 12 1 50 0 3.12
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
IR Redpath c Amiss b Greig 83 335 272 10 0 30.51
RB McCosker c Cowdrey b Arnold 76 155 108 7 0 70.37
IM Chappell* c †Knott b Greig 50 150 152 6 0 32.89
GS Chappell b Lever 102 229 177 11 0 57.62
R Edwards c †Knott b Arnold 18 77 60 0 0 30.00
KD Walters b Arnold 3 13 13 0 0 23.07
RW Marsh† c Denness b Lever 1 15 11 0 0 9.09
MHN Walker c & b Greig 17 75 52 1 0 32.69
AA Mallett c Edrich b Greig 0 7 1 0 0 0.00
G Dymock c †Knott b Lever 0 26 10 0 0 0.00
DK Lillee not out 0 4 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 9, lb 5, w 4, nb 5) 23
Total (all out; 106.7 overs) 373 (2.61 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-111 (McCosker), 2-215 (IM Chappell), 3-248 (Redpath), 4-289 (Edwards), 5-297 (Walters), 6-306 (Marsh), 7-367 (Walker), 8-373 (GS Chappell), 9-373 (Dymock), 10-373 (Mallett)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GG Arnold 23 6 83 3 2.70
P Lever 16 1 65 3 3.04
CM Old 18 1 75 0 3.12
AW Greig 31.7 7 88 4 2.07
DL Underwood 18 5 39 0 1.62
Match details
Balls per over 8
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia won the 6-match series 4-1
Umpires RC Bailhache and TF Brooks
Close of play
Sat, 8 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 15/1 (MC Cowdrey 5*, JH Edrich 6*)
Sun, 9 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 273/3 (MH Denness 133*, KWR Fletcher 56*)
Mon, 10 Feb - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 32/0 (IR Redpath 10*, RB McCosker 22*)
Tue, 11 Feb - rest day
Wed, 12 Feb - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 274/3 (GS Chappell 39*, R Edwards 9*)
Thu, 13 Feb - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 373 (106.7 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
Australia v England at Melbourne - Feb 8-13, 1975
England won by an innings and 4 runs
Australia v England at Adelaide - Jan 25-30, 1975
Australia won by 163 runs
Australia v England at Sydney - Jan 4-9, 1975
Australia won by 171 runs
Australia v England at Melbourne - Dec 26-31, 1974
Match drawn
Australia v England at Perth - Dec 13-17, 1974
Australia won by 9 wickets
More results »

Photos

Feb 10, 1975

Max Walker celebrates the wicket of Derek Underwood, Australia v England, 6th Test, Melbourne, 3rd day, February 10, 1975

Max Walker celebrates the wicket of Derek Underwood

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