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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bowl
510
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200 & 280
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Overs: 136.3 RR: 3.74 vs spin: 2.42
vs seam: 3.33
Overs: 98.4 RR: 2.84 vs spin: 1.79
vs seam: 2.31
Thu 26/12/68 Australia v West Indies, 2nd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 30 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 200 (73.0; RR: 2.74)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Camacho c Chappell b McKenzie 0 5 0 0 0.00
RC Fredericks c Redpath b McKenzie 76 226 4 0 33.63
MC Carew c Gleeson b McKenzie 7 33 0 0 21.21
SM Nurse c Jarman b Freeman 22 30 2 0 73.33
BF Butcher lbw b Gleeson 42 96 4 0 43.75
GS Sobers b McKenzie 19 45 2 0 42.22
RB Kanhai c Sheahan b McKenzie 5 33 0 0 15.15
CA Davis b McKenzie 18 68 0 0 26.47
JL Hendriks c Chappell b McKenzie 0 3 0 0 0.00
RM Edwards not out 9 38 0 0 23.68
LR Gibbs b McKenzie 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 200 all out (73.0 overs; RR: 2.74)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (GS Camacho 0.0 ov), 14-2 (MC Carew 0.0 ov), 42-3 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 135-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 158-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 170-6 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 177-7 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 177-8 (JL Hendriks 0.0 ov), 200-9 (CA Davis 0.0 ov), 200-10 (LR Gibbs 73.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 28.0 5 71 8 2.54 0 0
AN Connolly 12.0 2 34 0 2.83 0 0
EW Freeman 7.0 0 32 1 4.57 0 0
JW Gleeson 25.0 8 49 1 1.96 0 0
KR Stackpole 1.0 0 12 0 12.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 510 (136.3; RR: 3.74)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
IR Redpath c Hendriks b Edwards 7 17 1 0 41.18
WM Lawry c Carew b Davis 205 416 12 1 49.28
IM Chappell b Sobers 165 320 16 0 51.56
KD Walters c Camacho b Sobers 76 207 5 0 36.71
KR Stackpole b Gibbs 15 17 1 0 88.24
AP Sheahan c & b Sobers 18 64 1 0 28.13
BN Jarman c Butcher b Gibbs 12 30 1 0 40.00
EW Freeman c Carew b Gibbs 2 10 0 0 20.00
GD McKenzie b Sobers 1 7 0 0 14.29
JW Gleeson b Gibbs 0 1 0 0 0.00
AN Connolly not out 3 5 0 0 60.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 6  
TOTAL 510 all out (136.3 overs; RR: 3.74)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (IR Redpath 0.0 ov), 312-2 (IM Chappell 0.0 ov), 435-3 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 453-4 (KR Stackpole 0.0 ov), 488-5 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 501-6 (AP Sheahan 0.0 ov), 505-7 (BN Jarman 0.0 ov), 506-8 (EW Freeman 0.0 ov), 506-9 (JW Gleeson 0.0 ov), 510-10 (GD McKenzie 136.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 33.3 4 97 4 2.94 0 0
RM Edwards 26.0 1 128 1 4.92 0 0
CA Davis 24.0 0 94 1 3.92 0 0
LR Gibbs 43.0 8 139 4 3.23 0 0
MC Carew 10.0 2 46 0 4.60 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 280 (98.4; RR: 2.84)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Camacho lbw b Gleeson 11 66 2 0 16.67
RC Fredericks c Freeman b Gleeson 47 134 3 0 35.07
RM Edwards run out 21 71 3 0 29.58
RB Kanhai c Redpath b Freeman 4 22 0 0 18.18
SM Nurse c Stackpole b Gleeson 74 192 7 0 38.54
GS Sobers lbw b McKenzie 67 148 7 0 45.27
BF Butcher c Jarman b McKenzie 0 4 0 0 0.00
MC Carew b Stackpole 33 76 3 0 43.42
CA Davis c Redpath b Gleeson 10 44 0 0 22.73
JL Hendriks c Redpath b Gleeson 3 19 0 0 15.79
LR Gibbs not out 0 12 0 0 0.00
Extras (7b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 280 all out (98.4 overs; RR: 2.84)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (GS Camacho 0.0 ov), 76-2 (RM Edwards 0.0 ov), 85-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 85-4 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 219-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 219-6 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 243-7 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 264-8 (CA Davis 0.0 ov), 278-9 (MC Carew 0.0 ov), 280-10 (JL Hendriks 98.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 20.0 2 88 2 4.40 0 0
AN Connolly 19.0 7 35 0 1.84 0 0
EW Freeman 11.0 1 31 1 2.82 0 0
JW Gleeson 26.4 9 61 5 2.35 0 0
IM Chappell 9.0 1 36 0 4.00 0 0
KR Stackpole 13.0 9 19 1 1.46 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test

Date

Thursday December 26, 1968

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

CJ Egar, LP Rowan

Australia Team

Playing XI

BN Jarman, WM Lawry, GD McKenzie, AN Connolly, IR Redpath, IM Chappell, KD Walters, KR Stackpole, JW Gleeson, AP Sheahan, EW Freeman

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, LR Gibbs, BF Butcher, SM Nurse, JL Hendriks, MC Carew, GS Camacho, CA Davis, RM Edwards, RC Fredericks