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284 & 240
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
296 & 353
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Overs: 88.6 RR: 2.70 vs spin: 1.93
vs seam: 2.63
Overs: 87.0 RR: 4.06 vs spin: 3.11
vs seam: 2.64
Fri 06/12/68 Australia v West Indies, 1st Test, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 125 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 296 (95.0; RR: 3.12)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Camacho b Gleeson 6 0 1 0
MC Carew run out 83 0 12 0
RB Kanhai c Gleeson b Mallett 94 0 15 1
SM Nurse c Jarman b McKenzie 25 0 4 0
BF Butcher c Chappell b Connolly 22 0 3 0
GS Sobers c Jarman b Connolly 2 0 0 0
CH Lloyd c Jarman b Connolly 7 0 1 0
DAJ Holford c Jarman b Gleeson 6 0 0 0
JL Hendriks not out 15 0 1 0
CC Griffith c Sheahan b Connolly 8 0 2 0
LR Gibbs b McKenzie 17 0 4 0
Extras (1b, 6lb, 0w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 296 all out (95.0 overs; RR: 3.12)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (GS Camacho 0.0 ov), 188-2 (MC Carew 0.0 ov), 192-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 241-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 243-5 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 247-6 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 250-7 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 258-8 (DAJ Holford 0.0 ov), 267-9 (CC Griffith 0.0 ov), 296-10 (LR Gibbs 95.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 21.0 5 55 2 2.62 0 0
AN Connolly 19.0 5 60 4 3.16 0 0
JW Gleeson 28.0 7 72 2 2.57 0 0
AA Mallett 14.0 2 54 1 3.86 0 0
IM Chappell 4.0 0 10 0 2.50 0 0
KR Stackpole 9.0 3 34 0 3.78 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 284 (98.4; RR: 2.88)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
IR Redpath c Hendriks b Sobers 0 7 0 0 0.00
WM Lawry c Sobers b Lloyd 105 296 12 0 35.47
IM Chappell c Sobers b Lloyd 117 263 17 0 44.49
KR Stackpole c Holford b Gibbs 1 0 0 0
AP Sheahan c Nurse b Holford 14 0 1 0
RJ Inverarity c Holford b Gibbs 5 0 1 0
BN Jarman c Sobers b Gibbs 17 0 2 0
GD McKenzie c Gibbs b Holford 4 0 1 0
AA Mallett b Gibbs 6 0 1 0
JW Gleeson not out 1 0 0 0
AN Connolly lbw b Gibbs 0 0 0 0
Extras (7b, 1lb, 0w, 6nb) 14  
TOTAL 284 all out (98.4 overs; RR: 2.88)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (IR Redpath 0.0 ov), 217-2 (IM Chappell 0.0 ov), 220-3 (KR Stackpole 0.0 ov), 246-4 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 255-5 (RJ Inverarity 0.0 ov), 257-6 (AP Sheahan 0.0 ov), 263-7 (GD McKenzie 0.0 ov), 283-8 (BN Jarman 0.0 ov), 284-9 (AA Mallett 0.0 ov), 284-10 (AN Connolly 98.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 14.0 5 30 1 2.14 0 0
CC Griffith 12.0 1 47 0 3.92 0 0
LR Gibbs 39.4 7 88 5 2.26 0 0
DAJ Holford 25.0 6 88 2 3.52 0 0
CH Lloyd 8.0 1 17 2 2.13 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 353 (87.0; RR: 4.06)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Camacho c Redpath b Connolly 40 0 5 0
SM Nurse c Mallett b Gleeson 16 0 1 0
RB Kanhai c Inverarity b Gleeson 29 0 5 0
BF Butcher b Gleeson 1 0 0 0
CH Lloyd lbw b McKenzie 129 222 18 1 58.11
GS Sobers c Jarman b Gleeson 36 0 6 0
DAJ Holford c Jarman b McKenzie 4 0 1 0
MC Carew not out 71 0 10 0
JL Hendriks c Jarman b Chappell 10 0 1 0
CC Griffith b Gleeson 1 0 0 0
LR Gibbs c Inverarity b Chappell 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 10lb, 0w, 2nb) 16  
TOTAL 353 all out (87.0 overs; RR: 4.06)

Fall of wickets

48-1 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 92-2 (GS Camacho 0.0 ov), 92-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 93-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 165-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 178-6 (DAJ Holford 0.0 ov), 298-7 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 331-8 (JL Hendriks 0.0 ov), 350-9 (CC Griffith 0.0 ov), 353-10 (LR Gibbs 87.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McKenzie 16.0 2 55 2 3.44 0 0
AN Connolly 21.0 1 75 1 3.57 0 0
JW Gleeson 33.0 5 122 5 3.70 0 0
AA Mallett 4.0 0 32 0 8.00 0 0
KR Stackpole 7.0 1 32 0 4.57 0 0
IM Chappell 6.0 0 21 2 3.50 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 240 (88.6; RR: 2.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
IR Redpath c Lloyd b Sobers 18 0 2 0
WM Lawry b Gibbs 9 0 2 0
IM Chappell c b Sobers 50 0 6 0
KR Stackpole b Sobers 32 0 6 0
AP Sheahan b Gibbs 34 0 3 0
RJ Inverarity c Kanhai b Gibbs 9 0 1 0
BN Jarman st Hendriks b Sobers 4 0 0 0
GD McKenzie not out 38 0 4 0
AA Mallett lbw b Carew 19 0 0 0
JW Gleeson c b Sobers 10 0 2 0
AN Connolly c Holford b Sobers 0 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 7lb, 0w, 1nb) 17  
TOTAL 240 all out (88.6 overs; RR: 2.70)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (IR Redpath 0.0 ov), 29-2 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 66-3 (KR Stackpole 0.0 ov), 137-4 (AP Sheahan 0.0 ov), 161-5 (IM Chappell 0.0 ov), 165-6 (BN Jarman 0.0 ov), 165-7 (RJ Inverarity 0.0 ov), 220-8 (AA Mallett 0.0 ov), 238-9 (JW Gleeson 0.0 ov), 240-10 (AN Connolly 88.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 33.6 12 73 6 2.21 0 0
CH Lloyd 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0
LR Gibbs 30.0 6 82 3 2.73 0 0
DAJ Holford 14.0 1 31 0 2.21 0 0
MC Carew 9.0 1 30 1 3.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 1st Test

Date

Friday December 6, 1968

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Umpires

CJ Egar, LP Rowan

Australia Team

Playing XI

BN Jarman, WM Lawry, GD McKenzie, AN Connolly, IR Redpath, IM Chappell, KR Stackpole, JW Gleeson, AP Sheahan, RJ Inverarity, AA Mallett

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, LR Gibbs, BF Butcher, SM Nurse, CC Griffith, JL Hendriks, MC Carew, DAJ Holford, CH Lloyd, GS Camacho