25/12Result

2nd Test, West Indies tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 1968

West IndiesWest IndiesWI
200 & 280 (98.4 ov)
AustraliaAustraliaAUS
510

Australia won by an innings and 30 runs

25/12Result

2nd Test, West Indies tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 1968

West IndiesWest IndiesWI
200 & 280 (98.4 ov)
AustraliaAustraliaAUS
510

Australia won by an innings and 30 runs

West Indies 1st Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
GS Camacho
c Chappell b McKenzie
0
5
4
0
0
0.00
RC Fredericks
c Redpath b McKenzie
76
226
281
4
0
33.62
MC Carew
c Gleeson b McKenzie
7
33
34
0
0
21.21
SM Nurse
c †Jarman b Freeman
22
30
32
2
0
73.33
BF Butcher
lbw b Gleeson
42
96
124
4
0
43.75
GS Sobers (c)
b McKenzie
19
45
33
2
0
42.22
RB Kanhai
c Sheahan b McKenzie
5
33
23
0
0
15.15
CA Davis
b McKenzie
18
68
79
0
0
26.47
JL Hendriks †
c Chappell b McKenzie
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
RM Edwards
not out
9
38
56
0
0
23.68
LR Gibbs
b McKenzie
0
7
5
0
0
0.00
Extras
2 (b 1, lb 1)
TOTAL
200 all out (73 Overs, RR: 2.05 per 6 ball)
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (GS Camacho), 2-14 (MC Carew), 3-42 (SM Nurse), 4-135 (BF Butcher), 5-158 (GS Sobers), 6-170 (RB Kanhai), 7-177 (RC Fredericks), 8-177 (JL Hendriks), 9-200 (CA Davis), 10-200 (LR 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

Australia 1st Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
IR Redpath
c †Hendriks b Edwards
7
17
19
1
0
41.17
WM Lawry (c)
c Carew b Davis
205
416
461
12
1
49.27
IM Chappell
b Sobers
165
320
310
16
0
51.56
KD Walters
c Camacho b Sobers
76
207
196
5
0
36.71
KR Stackpole
b Gibbs
15
17
21
1
0
88.23
AP Sheahan
c & b Sobers
18
64
57
1
0
28.12
BN Jarman †
c Butcher b Gibbs
12
30
19
1
0
40.00
EW Freeman
c Carew b Gibbs
2
10
10
0
0
20.00
GD McKenzie
b Sobers
1
7
10
0
0
14.28
JW Gleeson
b Gibbs
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
AN Connolly
not out
3
5
2
0
0
60.00
Extras
6 (lb 4, nb 2)
TOTAL
510 all out (136.3 Overs, RR: 2.8 per 6 ball)
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (IR Redpath), 2-312 (IM Chappell), 3-435 (WM Lawry), 4-453 (KR Stackpole), 5-488 (KD Walters), 6-501 (AP Sheahan), 7-505 (BN Jarman), 8-506 (EW Freeman), 9-506 (JW Gleeson), 10-510 (GD 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

West Indies 2nd Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
GS Camacho
lbw b Gleeson
11
66
58
2
0
16.66
RC Fredericks
c Freeman b Gleeson
47
134
156
3
0
35.07
RM Edwards
run out
21
71
72
3
0
29.57
RB Kanhai
c Redpath b Freeman
4
22
19
0
0
18.18
SM Nurse
c Stackpole b Gleeson
74
192
196
7
0
38.54
GS Sobers (c)
lbw b McKenzie
67
148
167
7
0
45.27
BF Butcher
c †Jarman b McKenzie
0
4
3
0
0
0.00
MC Carew
b Stackpole
33
76
88
3
0
43.42
CA Davis
c Redpath b Gleeson
10
44
50
0
0
22.72
JL Hendriks †
c Redpath b Gleeson
3
19
23
0
0
15.78
LR Gibbs
not out
0
12
2
0
0
0.00
Extras
10 (b 7, lb 3)
TOTAL
280 all out (98.4 Overs, RR: 2.13 per 6 ball)
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (GS Camacho), 2-76 (RM Edwards), 3-85 (RB Kanhai), 4-85 (RC Fredericks), 5-219 (GS Sobers), 6-219 (BF Butcher), 7-243 (SM Nurse), 8-264 (CA Davis), 9-278 (MC Carew), 10-280 (JL 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

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Series

West Indies tour of Australia 1968/69

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

Umpires

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