West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1968–69
International cricket tour
The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 1968-69 season and played a five-match Test series against Australia. Australia won the series 3-1 with one match drawn.
Test series summary
First Test
6–10 December 1968 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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296 (95 overs) RB Kanhai 94 AN Connolly 4/60 (19 overs) | 284 (98.4 overs) IM Chappell 117 (263) LR Gibbs 5/88 (39.4 overs) | |
353 (87 overs) CH Lloyd 129 (222) JW Gleeson 5/122 (33 overs) | 240 (88.6 overs) IM Chappell 50 GS Sobers 6/73 (33.6 overs) |
West Indies won by 125 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Umpires: CJ Egar and LP Rowan |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 9 December was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
Second Test
26–30 December 1968 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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200 (73 overs) RC Fredericks 76 (226) GD McKenzie 8/71 (28 overs) | ||
Australia won by an innings and 30 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: CJ Egar and LP Rowan |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- 29 December was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- CA Davis, RM Edwards and RC Fredericks (all WIN) made their Test debuts.
Third Test
3–8 January 1969 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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42/0 (8 overs) KR Stackpole 21* (31) AP Sheahan 21* (33) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 6 January was taken as a rest day.
Fourth Test
24–29 January 1969 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 26 January was taken as a rest day.
- This Test match holds the record for the highest match aggregate (1,764) without a partnership of 150 runs or more as well as no wides being bowled.[1]
- This Test also set the record for the highest match aggregate in a 5-day Test match and held it until the Rawalpindi Test of England's tour of Pakistan from 1–5 December 2022 with a total of 1,768 runs.[2]
Fifth Test
14–20 February 1969 (6–day match) Scorecard |
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- 17 February was taken as a rest day.
External sources
- CricketArchive – tour summaries
Annual reviews
References
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
- Phil Tresidder, Captains on a See-saw: The West Indies Tour of Australia, 1968-69, Souvenir, 1969
- R.S. Whitington, Fours Galore: The West Indians and Their Tour of Australia, 1968-69, Cassell, 1969
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