Australia v England
England won by 7 wickets
29 December 1962 to 3 January 1963Melbourne
Australia
316 & 24896 ov
Englandwon by 7 wickets
331 & 237/364.2 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
Australia innings
31692 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lawry | bowled | 52 | 108 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 48.1 |
| Bob Simpson | caught | 38 | 69 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 55.1 |
| Norm O'Neill | caught | 19 | 44 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 |
| Neil Harvey | bowled | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Peter Burge | lbw | 23 | 64 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 35.9 |
| Brian Booth | caught | 27 | 76 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 35.5 |
| Alan Davidson | caught | 40 | 104 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Ken Mackay | lbw | 49 | 137 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 35.8 |
| Richie Benaud | caught | 36 | 82 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 43.9 |
| Graham McKenzie | bowled | 16 | 24 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Barry Jarman | not out | 10* | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 4 | 6 | |||||
| Total | all out, 92 overs (8-ball) | 316 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-62 Bob Simpson2-111 Norm O'Neill3-112 Neil Harvey4-112 Bill Lawry5-155 Peter Burge6-164 Brian Booth7-237 Alan Davidson8-289 Richie Benaud9-294 Ken Mackay10-316 Graham McKenzie
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Trueman | 23 | 1 | 83 | 3 | 3.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Statham | 22 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 3.77 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Coldwell | 17 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Barrington | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Dexter | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Titmus | 15 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Graveney | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
33188.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Sheppard | lbw | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Geoff Pullar | bowled | 11 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 42.3 |
| Ted Dexter | caught | 93 | 198 | 222 | 11 | 0 | 47.0 |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught | 113 | 231 | 270 | 7 | 0 | 48.9 |
| Ken Barrington | lbw | 35 | 72 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 48.6 |
| Tom Graveney | run out | 41 | 52 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 78.8 |
| Fred Titmus | caught | 15 | 45 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Alan Smith | not out | 6* | 42 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Fred Trueman | caught | 6 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Brian Statham | bowled | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
| Len Coldwell | caught | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 4, nb 1 | 9 | |||||
| Total | all out, 88.1 overs (8-ball) | 331 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-0 David Sheppard2-19 Geoff Pullar3-194 Ted Dexter4-254 Colin Cowdrey5-255 Ken Barrington6-292 Fred Titmus7-315 Tom Graveney8-324 Fred Trueman9-327 Brian Statham10-331 Len Coldwell
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Davidson | 23.1 | 4 | 75 | 6 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham McKenzie | 29 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 3.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mackay | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benaud | 18 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 4.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 4.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm O'Neill | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
24896 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | bowled | 14 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 37.8 |
| Bill Lawry | bowled | 57 | 239 | 306 | 3 | 0 | 23.8 |
| Norm O'Neill | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Neil Harvey | run out | 10 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Peter Burge | bowled | 14 | 45 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 31.1 |
| Brian Booth | caught | 103 | 274 | 348 | 5 | 0 | 37.6 |
| Alan Davidson | caught | 17 | 59 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 28.8 |
| Ken Mackay | lbw | 9 | 30 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Richie Benaud | caught | 4 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Graham McKenzie | bowled | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Barry Jarman | not out | 11* | 41 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 26.8 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 5 | 9 | |||||
| Total | all out, 96 overs (8-ball) | 248 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-30 Bob Simpson2-30 Norm O'Neill3-46 Neil Harvey4-69 Peter Burge5-161 Bill Lawry6-193 Alan Davidson7-212 Ken Mackay8-228 Richie Benaud9-228 Graham McKenzie10-248 Brian Booth
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Trueman | 20 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 3.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Statham | 23 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Coldwell | 25 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Barrington | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Dexter | 9 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Titmus | 14 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1.79 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 234
237/364.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Sheppard | run out | 113 | 218 | 301 | 5 | 0 | 51.8 |
| Geoff Pullar | caught | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 |
| Ted Dexter | run out | 52 | 164 | 166 | 5 | 0 | 31.7 |
| Colin Cowdrey | not out | 58* | 123 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 47.2 |
| Ken Barrington | not out | 0* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, lb 3, nb 1 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 64.2 overs (8-ball) | 237 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-5 Geoff Pullar2-129 Ted Dexter3-233 David Sheppard
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Davidson | 19 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 2.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham McKenzie | 20 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 2.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mackay | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benaud | 14 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 4.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Booth | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |