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2nd Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1965

TEST MelbourneThu, 30 Dec - Tue, 04 Jan 1966

AUS

Australia

531/10 (20.00) & 426/10 (116.4)

England

465/5 (20.00) & 5/10 (2)

ENG

Match drawn

AUSAustralia innings

531/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Bob Simpson), 2-109 (Peter Burge), 3-203 (Bill Lawry), 4-262 (Brian Booth), 5 FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1965	Career
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 1)	10
TOTAL 358(107.5 Ov, RR: 3.32)	368	883		38	0		In 1965	Career
Bob Simpson (c) c Edrich b Allen	59	145	145	7	0	40.68	In 1965	Career
Bill Lawry c Cowdrey b Allen	88	223	266	10	0	39.46	In 1965	Career
Peter Burge b Jones	5	50	30	0	0	10.00	In 1965	Career
Bob Cowper c Titmus b Jones	99	183	203	13	0	54.09	In 1965	Career
Brian Booth lbw b Jones	23	42	63	3	0	54.76	In 1965	Career
Doug Walters c (wk)Parks b Knight	22	84	92	1	0	26.19	In 1965	Career
Tom Veivers run out	19	67	92	1	0	28.35	In 1965	Career
Peter Philpott b Knight	10	35	28	1	0	28.57	In 1965	Career
Wally Grout (WK) c Barber b Knight	11	26	32	1	0	42.30	In 1965	Career
Graham McKenzie not out	12	22	20	1	0	54.54	In 1965	Career
Alan Connolly c (wk)Parks b Knight	0	6	10	0	0	0.00	In 1965	Career
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 1)	10

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Jeff Jones	24.00	4	92	3	2.87	In 1965	Career
Barry Knight	26.50	2	84	4	2.36	In 1965	Career
Fred Titmus	31.00	7	93	0	2.25	In 1965	Career
David Allen	20.00	4	55	2	2.06	In 1965	Career
Bob Barber	6.00	1	24	0	3.00	In 1965	Career

ENGEngland innings

465/5 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Jim Parks (wk) c Cowper b McKenzie	71	124	160	5	0	57.25	In 1965	Career
Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Geoff Boycott), 2-110 (Bob Barber), 3-228 (Ken Barrington), 4-333 (John Edric FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1965	Career
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2)	11
TOTAL 558(143.2 Ov, RR: 3.89)	640	1273		54	0		In 1965	Career
Geoff Boycott c McKenzie b Walters	51	85	77	5	0	60.00	In 1965	Career
Bob Barber c (wk)Grout b McKenzie	48	62	97	3	0	77.41	In 1965	Career
John Edrich c & b Veivers	109	286	310	11	0	38.11	In 1965	Career
Ken Barrington c Burge b Veivers	63	139	158	5	0	45.32	In 1965	Career
Colin Cowdrey c Connolly b Cowper	104	187	197	9	0	55.61	In 1965	Career
Mike Smith (c) c (wk)Grout b McKenzie	41	92	103	4	0	44.56	In 1965	Career
Jim Parks (WK) c Cowper b McKenzie	71	124	160	5	0	57.25	In 1965	Career
Barry Knight c Simpson b McKenzie	1	15	10	0	0	6.66	In 1965	Career
Fred Titmus not out	56	128	143	7	0	43.75	In 1965	Career
David Allen c (wk)Grout b Connolly	2	22	16	0	0	9.09	In 1965	Career
Jeff Jones b McKenzie	1	9	15	0	0	11.11	In 1965	Career
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2)	11

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Graham McKenzie	35.20	3	134	5	2.85	In 1965	Career
Alan Connolly	37.00	5	125	1	2.53	In 1965	Career
Peter Philpott	30.00	2	133	0	3.32	In 1965	Career
Doug Walters	10.00	2	32	1	2.40	In 1965	Career
Bob Simpson	16.00	4	61	0	2.85	In 1965	Career
Tom Veivers	12.00	3	46	2	2.87	In 1965	Career
Bob Cowper	3.00	0	16	1	4.00	In 1965	Career

AUSAustralia innings

426/10 (116.4)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Bob Simpson), 2-141 (Bob Cowper), 3-163 (Bill Lawry), 4-176 (Brian Booth), 5 FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1965	Career
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 3, w 1)	8
TOTAL 426(116.4 Ov, RR: 3.65)	434	936		33	0		In 1965	Career
Bob Simpson (c) c Barrington b Knight	67	129	147	7	0	51.93	In 1965	Career
Bill Lawry c Smith b Barber	78	198	222	5	0	39.39	In 1965	Career
Bob Cowper lbw b Jones	5	24	42	0	0	20.83	In 1965	Career
Peter Burge c Edrich b Boycott	120	193	255	12	0	62.17	In 1965	Career
Brian Booth b Allen	10	43	29	0	0	23.25	In 1965	Career
Doug Walters c & b Barrington	115	296	263	8	0	38.85	In 1965	Career
Tom Veivers st (wk)Parks b Boycott	3	18	23	0	0	16.66	In 1965	Career
Peter Philpott b Knight	2	5	5	0	0	40.00	In 1965	Career
Wally Grout (WK) c Allen b Barrington	16	26	27	1	0	61.53	In 1965	Career
Graham McKenzie run out	2	4	8	0	0	50.00	In 1965	Career
Alan Connolly not out	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	In 1965	Career
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 3, w 1)	8

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Jeff Jones	20.00	1	92	1	3.45	In 1965	Career
Barry Knight	21.00	4	61	2	2.17	In 1965	Career
Fred Titmus	22.00	6	43	0	1.46	In 1965	Career
David Allen	18.00	3	48	1	2.00	In 1965	Career
Bob Barber	17.00	0	87	1	3.83	In 1965	Career
Ken Barrington	7.40	0	47	2	4.70	In 1965	Career
Geoff Boycott	9.00	0	32	2	2.66	In 1965	Career
Mike Smith	2.00	0	8	0	3.00	In 1965	Career

ENGEngland innings

5/10 (2)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Did not bat: John Edrich, Ken Barrington, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Smith (c), Jim Parks (wk), Barry Knight, Did not bat	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1965	Career
Extras	0
TOTAL 5(2 Ov, RR: 2.50)	5	16		0	0		In 1965	Career
Geoff Boycott not out	5	11	10	0	0	45.45	In 1965	Career
Bob Barber not out	0	5	10	0	0	0.00	In 1965	Career
Extras	0