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WAust flag WAustWon toss. Elected to bat
199 & 288 Series badge WI
361 & 127-4 WI flag
Overs: 70.6 RR: 4.06 vs spin: 4.13
vs seam: 3.10
 Overs: 28.3 RR: 4.46 vs spin: 3.98
vs seam: 2.79
Sat 26/10/68 Western Australia v West Indians at Perth, Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 6 wickets
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Western Australia - 1st Inns 199 (44.5; RR: 4.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RD Bowe c Sobers b Hall 9 0 0 0
D Chadwick c Hendriks b Griffith 7 0 0 0
RJ Inverarity b Griffith 0 0 0 0
C Milburn b Hall 1 0 0 0
RW Marsh b Griffith 0 0 0 0
JT Irvine b Carew 78 0 9 0
GC Becker c Hendriks b Griffith 10 0 2 0
GD McKenzie c Carew b Hall 1 0 0 0
GAR Lock c Holford b King 35 0 5 0
LC Mayne not out 41 0 4 0
JB Gannon c Sobers b Holford 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 5lb, 0w, 8nb) 17  
TOTAL 199 all out (44.5 overs; RR: 4.44)

Fall of wickets

22-1 (0.0 ov), 23-2 (0.0 ov), 24-3 (0.0 ov), 25-4 (0.0 ov), 27-5 (0.0 ov), 37-6 (0.0 ov), 39-7 (0.0 ov), 87-8 (0.0 ov), 198-9 (0.0 ov), 199-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 10.0 3 30 3 3.00 0 1
CC Griffith 8.0 0 52 4 6.50 0 5
LA King 8.0 1 34 1 4.25 0 2
GS Sobers 7.0 0 28 0 4.00 0 0
DAJ Holford 8.5 0 37 1 4.63 0 0
MC Carew 3.0 2 1 1 0.33 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 361 (74.1; RR: 4.87)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks c Irvine b Gannon 49 0 3 0
MC Carew c Becker b McKenzie 19 0 1 0
SM Nurse lbw b McKenzie 13 0 2 0
CH Lloyd c Inverarity b Gannon 17 0 2 0
BF Butcher c Bowe b Inverarity 74 0 9 0
GS Sobers c McKenzie b Mayne 132 0 25 0
DAJ Holford not out 20 0 2 0
JL Hendriks c & b Lock 2 0 0 0
CC Griffith c Marsh b Inverarity 3 0 0 0
LA King c Lock b McKenzie 15 0 3 0
WW Hall b McKenzie 5 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 361 all out (74.1 overs; RR: 4.87)

Fall of wickets

55-1 (0.0 ov), 75-2 (0.0 ov), 102-3 (0.0 ov), 109-4 (0.0 ov), 300-5 (0.0 ov), 318-6 (0.0 ov), 324-7 (0.0 ov), 333-8 (0.0 ov), 355-9 (0.0 ov), 361-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 20.1 4 95 4 4.75 0 0
LC Mayne 19.0 1 89 1 4.68 0 0
JB Gannon 13.0 3 65 2 5.00 0 0
RJ Inverarity 8.0 3 23 2 2.88 0 0
GAR Lock 14.0 2 77 1 5.50 0 0

Western Australia - 2nd Inns 288 (70.6; RR: 4.06)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RD Bowe c Butcher b Hall 0 0 0 0
D Chadwick c Holford b Sobers 34 0 2 0
RJ Inverarity c Hendriks b Hall 11 0 2 0
RW Marsh b Sobers 104 0 12 1
JT Irvine c Fredericks b Sobers 39 0 7 0
GC Becker b Sobers 8 0 0 0
GD McKenzie not out 51 0 7 0
C Milburn c Hendriks b Hall 31 0 3 0
GAR Lock c Hendriks b Griffith 0 0 0 0
LC Mayne b Griffith 1 0 0 0
JB Gannon b Griffith 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 4nb) 9  
TOTAL 288 all out (70.6 overs; RR: 4.06)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (0.0 ov), 12-2 (0.0 ov), 116-3 (0.0 ov), 194-4 (0.0 ov), 195-5 (0.0 ov), 208-6 (0.0 ov), 261-7 (0.0 ov), 262-8 (0.0 ov), 266-9 (0.0 ov), 288-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 10.0 2 44 3 4.40 0 1
CC Griffith 8.6 1 46 3 5.75 0 0
LA King 10.0 3 29 0 2.90 0 3
DAJ Holford 12.0 0 66 0 5.50 0 0
MC Carew 13.0 3 39 0 3.00 0 0
GS Sobers 17.0 3 55 4 3.24 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 127-4 (28.3; RR: 4.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks b Lock 40 0 5 0
MC Carew c b Lock 13 0 0 0
CH Lloyd c Irvine b Mayne 6 0 1 0
BF Butcher lbw b Mayne 0 0 0 0
DAJ Holford not out 47 0 6 1
GS Sobers not out 16 0 2 0
SM Nurse  
JL Hendriks  
CC Griffith  
LA King  
WW Hall  
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 127-4 (28.3 overs; RR: 4.46)

Fall of wickets

46-1 (0.0 ov), 54-2 (0.0 ov), 54-3 (0.0 ov), 86-4 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 7.0 0 32 0 4.57 0 0
LC Mayne 11.0 1 35 2 3.18 0 0
GAR Lock 8.0 1 41 2 5.13 0 0
RJ Inverarity 1.3 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
RW Marsh 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Western Australia v West Indians at Perth

Date

Saturday October 26, 1968

Toss

Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:00am UTC

Venue

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Umpires

AH Foster, WI Carter

Western Australia Team

Playing XI

GAR Lock, GD McKenzie, LC Mayne, C Milburn, RJ Inverarity, RW Marsh, JB Gannon, JT Irvine, D Chadwick, GC Becker, RD Bowe

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, BF Butcher, WW Hall, SM Nurse, CC Griffith, JL Hendriks, LA King, MC Carew, DAJ Holford, CH Lloyd, RC Fredericks