England vs Australia
1968
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 6 Jun 1968 | Manchester |
MC Cowdrey (Eng)
WM Lawry (Aus) |
Aus 357 & 220
Eng 165 & 253 |
Australia 159 runs |
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| 20 Jun 1968 | Lord's |
MC Cowdrey (Eng)
WM Lawry (Aus) |
Eng 351-7d
Aus 78 & 127-4 |
Match Drawn |
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| 11 Jul 1968 | Birmingham |
MC Cowdrey (Eng)
WM Lawry (Aus) |
Eng 409 & 142-3d
Aus 222 & 68-1 |
Match Drawn |
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| 25 Jul 1968 | Leeds |
TW Graveney (Eng)
BN Jarman (Aus) |
Aus 315 & 312
Eng 302 & 230-4 |
Match Drawn |
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| 22 Aug 1968 | The Oval |
MC Cowdrey (Eng)
WM Lawry (Aus) |
Eng 494 & 181
Aus 324 & 125 |
England 226 runs |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| JH Edrich | 5 | 9 | 0 | 554 | 61.55 | 4 | 1 | 164 | 37.66 | 60/1 | 2 |
| TW Graveney | 5 | 9 | 1 | 337 | 42.12 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 44.40 | 35 | 4 |
| BL D'Oliveira | 2 | 4 | 1 | 263 | 87.66 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 45.19 | 37/1 | 1 |
| MC Cowdrey | 4 | 6 | 0 | 215 | 35.83 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 38.60 | 29 | 5 |
| KF Barrington | 3 | 4 | 1 | 170 | 56.66 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 35.56 | 17 | 3 |
| G Boycott | 3 | 5 | 0 | 162 | 32.40 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 27.50 | 15 | 1 |
| APE Knott | 5 | 8 | 1 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 30.29 | 14 | 11/4 |
| C Milburn | 2 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 36.33 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 51.66 | 15/3 | 2 |
| ER Dexter | 2 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 39.27 | 11 | 2 |
| DL Underwood | 4 | 4 | 4 | 69 | - | 0 | 0 | 45* | 65.71 | 8 | 2 |
| RW Barber | 1 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 33.33 | 5 | 0 |
| RM Prideaux | 1 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 33.00 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 36.87 | 8 | 0 |
| JA Snow | 5 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 49.12 | 5/1 | 3 |
| R Illingworth | 3 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 12.75 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 28.98 | 4 | 1 |
| BR Knight | 2 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 27* | 31.78 | 3 | 1 |
| KWR Fletcher | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 23* | 25.56 | 1 | 0 |
| DJ Brown | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27.87 | 1 | 3 |
| PI Pocock | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26.23 | 3 | 2 |
| K Higgs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.52 | 0 | 1 |
| DL Amiss | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| DL Underwood | 209.5 | 103 | 302 | 20 | 15.10 | 7/50 | 1.44 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Snow | 203 | 44 | 508 | 17 | 29.88 | 4/97 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| R Illingworth | 183.2 | 82 | 291 | 13 | 22.38 | 6/87 | 1.59 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Brown | 144 | 34 | 401 | 12 | 33.41 | 5/42 | 2.78 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| PI Pocock | 58 | 15 | 156 | 6 | 26.00 | 6/79 | 2.69 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BR Knight | 40.4 | 16 | 85 | 4 | 21.25 | 3/16 | 2.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW Barber | 21 | 1 | 87 | 3 | 29.00 | 2/56 | 4.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BL D'Oliveira | 39 | 20 | 49 | 3 | 16.33 | 1/1 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K Higgs | 58.3 | 19 | 121 | 2 | 60.50 | 2/80 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KF Barrington | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 26.00 | 1/12 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ER Dexter | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| IM Chappell | 5 | 10 | 2 | 348 | 43.50 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 39.50 | 25/1 | 1 |
| KD Walters | 5 | 9 | 0 | 343 | 38.11 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 42.35 | 37/1 | 1 |
| IR Redpath | 5 | 10 | 0 | 310 | 31.00 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 40.00 | 43 | 3 |
| WM Lawry | 4 | 7 | 1 | 270 | 45.00 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 37.55 | 34/2 | 4 |
| AP Sheahan | 5 | 9 | 1 | 213 | 26.62 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 36.60 | 23 | 4 |
| RM Cowper | 4 | 8 | 1 | 191 | 27.28 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 32.15 | 24 | 7 |
| RJ Inverarity | 2 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 24.75 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 26.05 | 13 | 1 |
| BN Jarman | 4 | 7 | 1 | 88 | 14.66 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 29.04 | 9/1 | 11 |
| JW Gleeson | 5 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 7.42 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 27.66 | 7 | 2 |
| AA Mallett | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 | 43* | 21.94 | 6 | 0 |
| EW Freeman | 2 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 52.11 | 4/1 | 1 |
| GD McKenzie | 5 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.93 | 5 | 2 |
| HB Taber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30.19 | 2 | 2 |
| NJN Hawke | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13.73 | 0 | 0 |
| AN Connolly | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.35 | 0 | 1 |
Australia Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| AN Connolly | 267.1 | 75 | 591 | 23 | 25.69 | 5/72 | 2.21 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| GD McKenzie | 264 | 77 | 595 | 13 | 45.76 | 3/33 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JW Gleeson | 193.5 | 65 | 417 | 12 | 34.75 | 3/44 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RM Cowper | 103 | 36 | 241 | 8 | 30.12 | 4/48 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EW Freeman | 67.5 | 17 | 186 | 6 | 31.00 | 4/78 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AA Mallett | 61 | 15 | 164 | 5 | 32.80 | 3/87 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NJN Hawke | 58 | 18 | 115 | 1 | 115.00 | 1/15 | 1.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IM Chappell | 33 | 9 | 84 | 1 | 84.00 | 1/54 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Walters | 16 | 7 | 27 | 0 | - | - | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Inverarity | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 47.1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 123 | 4(1) | Edrich & Prideaux | |
| 2nd | 55.9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 132 | 2(1) | Milburn & Boycott | |
| 3rd | 19.8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 66 | 1(2) | Edrich & Graveney | |
| 4th | 56.1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 125 | 5(1) | Edrich & Graveney | |
| 5th | 38.9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 5(1) | Edrich & D'Oliveira | |
| 6th | 40.9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 80 | 1(2) | Barber & D'Oliveira | |
| 7th | 25.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 51 | 3(1) | Graveney & Illingworth | |
| 8th | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 30 | 5(2) | Snow & Knott | |
| 9th | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 21 | 5(1) | Underwood & D'Oliveira | |
| 10th | 26.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 61 | 4(1) | Underwood & Brown | |
| 26 | 30 | 17 | 5 | ||||||
| Australia | |||||||||
| 1st | 22.3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 66 | 2(2) | Lawry & Redpath | |
| 2nd | 50.9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 129 | 5(1) | Lawry & Redpath | |
| 3rd | 43.6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 1(1) | Lawry & Walters | |
| 4th | 22.7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | 79 | 4(2) | Walters & Chappell | |
| 5th | 52.5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 152 | 1(1) | Chappell & Sheahan | |
| 6th | 20.9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 71 | 1(2) | Walters & Jarman | |
| 7th | 14.0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 49 | 5(1) | Lawry & McKenzie | |
| 8th | 8.8 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 32 | 5(1) | Lawry & Mallett | |
| 9th | 8.5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 33 | 5(1) | Gleeson & Mallett | |
| 10th | 5.7 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 22 | 5(1) | Connolly & Mallett | |
| 37 | 38 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| Eng | Aus | ||
| Runs Scored | 2527 | 2148 | |
| Wickets lost | 74 | 83 | |
| Overs faced | 1064.5 | 973.2 | |
| Runs per wicket | 34.15 | 25.88 | |
| Runs per over | 2.37 | 2.21 | |
| Innings | 86 | 97 | |
| Ducks | 7 | 13 | |
| Fifties | 10 | 14 | |
| Centuries | 3 | 1 | |
| 5 w/inn | 4 | 1 | |
| 10 w/mat | 0 | 0 |
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