- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras2 (b 1, lb 1)TOTAL200 all out (73 Overs, RR: 2.05 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Steve Camacho), 2-14 (Joey Carew), 3-42 (Seymour Nurse), 4-135 (Basil Butcher), 5-158 (Sir Garry Sobers), 6-170 (Rohan Kanhai), 7-177 (Roy Fredericks), 8-177 (Jackie Hendriks), 9-200 (Charlie Davis), 10-200 (Lance Gibbs)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McKenzie 28 5 71 8 1.90 0 0 AN Connolly 12 2 34 0 2.12 0 0 EW Freeman 7 0 32 1 3.42 0 0 JW Gleeson 25 8 49 1 1.47 0 0 KR Stackpole 1 0 12 0 9.00 0 0
25/12Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 1968
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200 & 280 (98.4 ov) -
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25/12Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 1968
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200 & 280 (98.4 ov) -
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (lb 4, nb 2)TOTAL510 all out (136.3 Overs, RR: 2.8 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Ian Redpath), 2-312 (Ian Chappell), 3-435 (Bill Lawry), 4-453 (Keith Stackpole), 5-488 (Doug Walters), 6-501 (Paul Sheahan), 7-505 (Barry Jarman), 8-506 (Eric Freeman), 9-506 (John Gleeson), 10-510 (Graham McKenzie)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GS Sobers 33.3 4 97 4 2.17 0 0 RM Edwards 26 1 128 1 3.69 0 0 CA Davis 24 0 94 1 2.93 0 0 LR Gibbs 43 8 139 4 2.42 0 0 MC Carew 10 2 46 0 3.45 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras10 (b 7, lb 3)TOTAL280 all out (98.4 Overs, RR: 2.13 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Steve Camacho), 2-76 (Prof Edwards), 3-85 (Rohan Kanhai), 4-85 (Roy Fredericks), 5-219 (Sir Garry Sobers), 6-219 (Basil Butcher), 7-243 (Seymour Nurse), 8-264 (Charlie Davis), 9-278 (Joey Carew), 10-280 (Jackie Hendriks)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McKenzie 20 2 88 2 3.30 0 0 AN Connolly 19 7 35 0 1.38 0 0 EW Freeman 11 1 31 1 2.11 0 0 JW Gleeson 26.4 9 61 5 1.72 0 0 KR Stackpole 13 9 19 1 1.09 0 0 IM Chappell 9 1 36 0 3.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to field first
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
26,27,28,30 December 1968 (5-day match)
Test debut
Balls per over
8
Close of Play
- Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 176/6 (RC Fredericks 76*, CA Davis 3*)
- Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 263/1 (WM Lawry 117*, IM Chappell 133*)
- Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 25/1 (RC Fredericks 13*, RM Edwards 1*)
- Sun, 29 Dec - rest day
- Mon, 30 Dec - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 280 (98.4 ov) - end of match