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Vic flag Vic
338 & 201-6 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
401 & 236-4d WI flag
Overs: 45.2 RR: 4.43 vs spin: 3.22
vs seam: 5.93
 Overs: 60.0 RR: 3.93 vs spin: 3.58
vs seam: 2.18
Fri 15/11/68 Victoria v West Indians at Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
match drawn Match Drawn
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West Indies - 1st Inns 401 (105.2; RR: 3.81)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Camacho c Jordon b Stackpole 38 0 0 0
MC Carew c Sheahan b Kirby 51 0 0 0
RB Kanhai c Bedford b Kirby 6 0 0 0
SM Nurse c Grant b Cook 28 0 0 0
BF Butcher c & b Stackpole 11 0 0 0
GS Sobers b Cook 95 0 0 0
DAJ Holford c & b Stackpole 30 0 0 0
CC Griffith c Jordon b Grant 13 0 0 0
JL Hendriks c Redpath b Connolly 19 0 0 0
WW Hall c Stackpole b Bedford 78 0 0 0
RM Edwards not out 28 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 401 all out (105.2 overs; RR: 3.81)

Fall of wickets

87-1 (0.0 ov), 94-2 (0.0 ov), 97-3 (0.0 ov), 118-4 (0.0 ov), 170-5 (0.0 ov), 235-6 (0.0 ov), 266-7 (0.0 ov), 272-8 (0.0 ov), 318-9 (0.0 ov), 401-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RF Cook 19.0 3 56 2 2.95 0 0
JW Grant 13.0 1 59 1 4.54 0 0
AN Connolly 9.0 0 35 1 3.89 0 0
KW Kirby 27.0 1 138 2 5.11 0 0
KR Stackpole 34.0 8 93 3 2.74 0 0
PLA Bedford 3.2 0 16 1 5.33 0 0

Victoria - 1st Inns 338 (63.5; RR: 5.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WM Lawry c Camacho b Griffith 4 0 0 0
IR Redpath c Carew b Griffith 23 0 0 0
KR Stackpole c Butcher b Sobers 110 0 0 0
AP Sheahan c Nurse b Edwards 25 0 0 0
LR Joslin lbw b Sobers 17 0 0 0
PLA Bedford st Hendriks b Holford 62 0 0 0
JW Grant b Edwards 5 0 0 0
RC Jordon c Carew b Holford 46 0 0 0
KW Kirby b Edwards 29 0 0 0
AN Connolly c Sobers b Holford 13 0 0 0
RF Cook not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb) 3  
TOTAL 338 all out (63.5 overs; RR: 5.30)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (0.0 ov), 56-2 (0.0 ov), 101-3 (0.0 ov), 141-4 (0.0 ov), 200-5 (0.0 ov), 209-6 (0.0 ov), 281-7 (0.0 ov), 312-8 (0.0 ov), 336-9 (0.0 ov), 338-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CC Griffith 12.0 1 76 2 6.33 0 0
WW Hall 6.0 0 40 0 6.67 0 1
RM Edwards 14.5 2 61 3 4.36 0 1
DAJ Holford 14.0 2 90 3 6.43 0 0
GS Sobers 12.0 0 53 2 4.42 0 0
MC Carew 5.0 0 15 0 3.00 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 236-4 (60.0; RR: 3.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Camacho c Stackpole b Connolly 62 0 0 0
MC Carew c Grant b Kirby 38 0 0 0
RB Kanhai c Grant b Kirby 5 0 0 0
SM Nurse c Kirby b Stackpole 31 0 0 0
BF Butcher not out 48 0 0 0
DAJ Holford not out 46 0 0 0
GS Sobers  
CC Griffith  
JL Hendriks  
WW Hall  
RM Edwards  
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 2nb) 6  
TOTAL 236-4 (60.0 overs; RR: 3.93)

Fall of wickets

92-1 (0.0 ov), 105-2 (0.0 ov), 108-3 (0.0 ov), 158-4 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RF Cook 10.0 0 38 0 3.80 0 0
AN Connolly 20.0 6 49 1 2.45 0 2
KR Stackpole 14.0 2 62 1 4.43 0 0
PLA Bedford 4.0 0 7 0 1.75 0 0
KW Kirby 12.0 1 74 2 6.17 0 0

Victoria - 2nd Inns 201-6 (45.2; RR: 4.43)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WM Lawry run out 35 0 0 0
IR Redpath b Sobers 38 0 0 0
KR Stackpole b Carew 7 0 0 0
AP Sheahan b Carew 54 0 0 0
LR Joslin run out 9 0 0 0
PLA Bedford not out 19 0 0 0
JW Grant b Holford 33 0 0 0
RC Jordon not out 2 0 0 0
KW Kirby  
AN Connolly  
RF Cook  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 4  
TOTAL 201-6 (45.2 overs; RR: 4.43)

Fall of wickets

77-1 (0.0 ov), 77-2 (0.0 ov), 97-3 (0.0 ov), 130-4 (0.0 ov), 152-5 (0.0 ov), 198-6 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CC Griffith 5.0 0 45 0 9.00 0 1
RM Edwards 5.2 0 36 0 7.20 0 0
GS Sobers 5.0 1 6 1 1.20 0 0
MC Carew 13.0 3 37 2 2.85 0 0
DAJ Holford 13.0 2 60 1 4.62 0 0
BF Butcher 4.0 0 13 0 3.25 0 0

Match Info

Match

Victoria v West Indians at Melbourne

Date

Friday November 15, 1968

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

WK Collicoat, WJ Smyth

Victoria Team

Playing XI

WM Lawry, AN Connolly, IR Redpath, KR Stackpole, AP Sheahan, LR Joslin, PLA Bedford, KW Kirby, RC Jordon, RF Cook, JW Grant

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, BF Butcher, WW Hall, SM Nurse, CC Griffith, JL Hendriks, MC Carew, DAJ Holford, GS Camacho, RM Edwards