Australia v England
Match drawn
30 December 1965 to 4 January 1966Melbourne
Australia
358 & 426116.4 ov
England
558 & 5/02 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
358107.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | caught | 59 | 145 | 145 | 7 | 0 | 40.7 |
| Bill Lawry | caught | 88 | 223 | 266 | 10 | 0 | 39.5 |
| Peter Burge | bowled | 5 | 50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Bob Cowper | caught | 99 | 183 | 203 | 13 | 0 | 54.1 |
| Brian Booth | lbw | 23 | 42 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 54.8 |
| Doug Walters | caught | 22 | 84 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 26.2 |
| Tom Veivers | run out | 19 | 67 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 28.4 |
| Peter Philpott | bowled | 10 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Wally Grout | caught | 11 | 26 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 42.3 |
| Graham McKenzie | not out | 12* | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 54.5 |
| Alan Connolly | caught | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 7, nb 1 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 107.5 overs (8-ball) | 358 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-93 Bob Simpson2-109 Peter Burge3-203 Bill Lawry4-262 Brian Booth5-297 Bob Cowper6-318 Doug Walters7-330 Peter Philpott8-342 Tom Veivers9-352 Wally Grout10-358 Alan Connolly
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Jones | 24 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 3.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Knight | 26.5 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 3.15 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Titmus | 31 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| David Allen | 20 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Barber | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
558143.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | caught | 51 | 85 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Bob Barber | caught | 48 | 62 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 77.4 |
| John Edrich | caught | 109 | 286 | 310 | 11 | 0 | 38.1 |
| Ken Barrington | caught | 63 | 139 | 158 | 5 | 0 | 45.3 |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught | 104 | 187 | 197 | 9 | 0 | 55.6 |
| Mike Smith | caught | 41 | 92 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 44.6 |
| Jim Parks | caught | 71 | 124 | 160 | 5 | 0 | 57.3 |
| Barry Knight | caught | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Fred Titmus | not out | 56* | 128 | 143 | 7 | 0 | 43.8 |
| David Allen | caught | 2 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| Jeff Jones | bowled | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 5, w 2 | 11 | |||||
| Total | all out, 143.2 overs (8-ball) | 558 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-98 Geoff Boycott2-110 Bob Barber3-228 Ken Barrington4-333 John Edrich5-409 Colin Cowdrey6-443 Mike Smith7-447 Barry Knight8-540 Jim Parks9-551 David Allen10-558 Jeff Jones
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham McKenzie | 35.2 | 3 | 134 | 5 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Connolly | 37 | 5 | 125 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Philpott | 30 | 2 | 133 | 0 | 4.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Walters | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 16 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 3.81 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Veivers | 12 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 3.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Cowper | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
426116.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | caught | 67 | 129 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 51.9 |
| Bill Lawry | caught | 78 | 198 | 222 | 5 | 0 | 39.4 |
| Bob Cowper | lbw | 5 | 24 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 |
| Peter Burge | caught | 120 | 193 | 255 | 12 | 0 | 62.2 |
| Brian Booth | bowled | 10 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 |
| Doug Walters | caught | 115 | 296 | 263 | 8 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Tom Veivers | stumped | 3 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Peter Philpott | bowled | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Wally Grout | caught | 16 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 61.5 |
| Graham McKenzie | run out | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Alan Connolly | not out | 0* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 3 | 8 | |||||
| Total | all out, 116.4 overs (8-ball) | 426 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-120 Bob Simpson2-141 Bob Cowper3-163 Bill Lawry4-176 Brian Booth5-374 Peter Burge6-382 Tom Veivers7-385 Peter Philpott8-417 Wally Grout9-426 Graham McKenzie10-426 Doug Walters
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Jones | 20 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 4.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Knight | 21 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 2.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Titmus | 22 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 1.95 | 0 | 0 |
| David Allen | 18 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Barber | 17 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 5.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Barrington | 7.4 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 6.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Boycott | 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 3.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Smith | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 227
5/02 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | not out | 5* | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Bob Barber | not out | 0* | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 0 wickets, 2 overs (8-ball) | 5 | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Connolly | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |