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Australia v India @ Sydney Cricket Ground
26, 27, 29, 30, 31 January 1968 (five-day match)
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: CJ Egar, LP Rowan
Match Result: Australia won by 144 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Bill Lawry | c Farokh Engineer b Erapalli Prasanna | 66 | 113 | 152 | 5 | - |
| 2. Bob Cowper | b Syed Abid Ali | 32 | 0 | 60 | 3 | - |
| 3. Paul Sheahan | c & b Bishan Bedi | 72 | 0 | 167 | 4 | - |
| 4. Doug Walters | not out | 94 | 0 | 248 | 5 | - |
| 5. Les Joslin | c Ajit Wadekar b Erapalli Prasanna | 7 | 24 | 20 | - | - |
| 6. Bob Simpson | b Bishan Bedi | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 7. Ian Chappell | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | - |
| +8. Barry Jarman | c Farokh Engineer b Rusi Surti | 4 | 29 | 34 | - | - |
| 9. Eric Freeman | lbw b Umesh Kulkarni | 11 | 0 | 18 | - | - |
| 10. Neil Hawke | c Farokh Engineer b Umesh Kulkarni | 1 | 10 | 6 | - | - |
| 11. John Gleeson | lbw b Erapalli Prasanna | 14 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-61 (Bob Cowper), 2-136 (Bill Lawry), 3-219 (Paul Sheahan), 4-228 (Les Joslin), 5-239 (Bob Simpson), 6-242 (Ian Chappell), 7-256 (Barry Jarman), 8-275 (Eric Freeman), 9-277 (Neil Hawke), 317 (John Gleeson). |
| Extras | 2b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 86.6 ovs) 317 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Umesh Kulkarni | 17 | 0 | 73 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rusi Surti | 11 | 1 | 64 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Syed Abid Ali | 15 | 1 | 58 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Motganhalli Jaisimha | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 21 | 4 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 20.6 | 5 | 62 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Farokh Engineer | c Ian Chappell b Doug Walters | 17 | 0 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 2. Syed Abid Ali | hit wicket b John Gleeson | 78 | 0 | 124 | 5 | - |
| 3. Ajit Wadekar | c & b Bob Cowper | 49 | 0 | 151 | 6 | - |
| 4. Rusi Surti | b Bob Simpson | 29 | 0 | 82 | 3 | - |
| *5. Nawab of Pataudi | c Bob Simpson b Eric Freeman | 51 | 0 | 140 | 8 | - |
| 6. Motganhalli Jaisimha | c Barry Jarman b Bob Simpson | 0 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| 7. Bapu Nadkarni | c Paul Sheahan b Bob Simpson | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Erapalli Prasanna | c Bob Cowper b Eric Freeman | 26 | 88 | 78 | 2 | - |
| 9. Chandu Borde | lbw b Eric Freeman | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | c Bob Simpson b Eric Freeman | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 11. Umesh Kulkarni | not out | 1 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-56 (Farokh Engineer), 2-111 (Syed Abid Ali), 3-178 (Ajit Wadekar), 4-178 (Rusi Surti), 5-184 (Motganhalli Jaisimha), 6-184 (Bapu Nadkarni), 7-236 (Erapalli Prasanna), 8-236 (Chandu Borde), 9-267 (Nawab of Pataudi), 268 (Bishan Bedi). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 85.1 ovs) 268 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Neil Hawke | 18 | 2 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Freeman | 18.1 | 2 | 86 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Walters | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Gleeson | 12 | 3 | 40 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Cowper | 12 | 5 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 20 | 10 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Chappell | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Bill Lawry | c sub b Bapu Nadkarni | 52 | 92 | 111 | 5 | - |
| 2. Bob Cowper | st Farokh Engineer b Erapalli Prasanna | 165 | 0 | 321 | 13 | - |
| 3. Bob Simpson | run out ( > > ) | 20 | 0 | 75 | - | - |
| 4. Paul Sheahan | c Ajit Wadekar b Motganhalli Jaisimha | 22 | 0 | 62 | 3 | - |
| 5. Doug Walters | run out ( > > ) | 5 | 0 | 18 | - | - |
| 6. Les Joslin | c Syed Abid Ali b Bishan Bedi | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 7. Ian Chappell | lbw b Erapalli Prasanna | 2 | 0 | 19 | - | - |
| +8. Barry Jarman | run out ( > > ) | 5 | 28 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 9. Eric Freeman | c sub b Erapalli Prasanna | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 10. Neil Hawke | c Syed Abid Ali b Erapalli Prasanna | 4 | 19 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 11. John Gleeson | not out | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-111 (Bill Lawry), 2-166 (Bob Simpson), 3-222 (Paul Sheahan), 4-240 (Doug Walters), 5-243 (Les Joslin), 6-260 (Ian Chappell), 7-271 (Bob Cowper), 8-278 (Barry Jarman), 9-286 (Eric Freeman), 292 (Neil Hawke). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 85.3 ovs) 292 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Umesh Kulkarni | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rusi Surti | 8 | 1 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Syed Abid Ali | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Motganhalli Jaisimha | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 21 | 5 | 66 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 29.3 | 4 | 96 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bapu Nadkarni | 16 | 3 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Farokh Engineer | c Bob Simpson b John Gleeson | 37 | 0 | 81 | 6 | - |
| 2. Syed Abid Ali | c Bob Simpson b Bob Cowper | 81 | 0 | 164 | 3 | - |
| 3. Ajit Wadekar | lbw b Bob Cowper | 18 | 0 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 4. Rusi Surti | c Ian Chappell b Bob Simpson | 26 | 0 | 100 | 1 | - |
| *5. Nawab of Pataudi | c Ian Chappell b Bob Simpson | 6 | 0 | 30 | - | - |
| 6. Motganhalli Jaisimha | c John Gleeson b Bob Cowper | 13 | 0 | 84 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chandu Borde | c Bob Simpson b Bob Cowper | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Bapu Nadkarni | c Paul Sheahan b Bob Simpson | 6 | 0 | 30 | - | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | b Bob Simpson | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | b Bob Simpson | 2 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Umesh Kulkarni | not out | 1 | 0 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-83 (Farokh Engineer), 2-120 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-145 (Syed Abid Ali), 5-175 (Rusi Surti), 6-180 (Chandu Borde), 7-193 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-193 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-195 (Bishan Bedi), 197 (Motganhalli Jaisimha). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 73.6 ovs) 197 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Neil Hawke | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Freeman | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Walters | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Gleeson | 12 | 4 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Cowper | 25.6 | 12 | 49 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 23 | 5 | 59 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Bill Lawry, Bob Cowper, Bob Simpson, Paul Sheahan, Doug Walters, Les Joslin, Ian Chappell, Barry Jarman, Eric Freeman, Neil Hawke, John Gleeson