The

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toured England in the 1964 season to play a five-match

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series against

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for

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. Australia won the series 1–0 with 4 matches drawn and therefore retained The Ashes.

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

In the decisive Third Test, Australia was 187–7 in reply to England's 268 when

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decided to take the new ball. In response, Peter Burge, the last recognised batsman, went on the attack. He scored 160, well supported by

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and Wally Grout, the last three wickets adding 211. This left England 121 behind on first innings and they could not recover.

Fourth Test

Since a draw in the Fourth Test would ensure that Australia would retain the Ashes, they batted on until they had reached 656-8 before declaring, with Bob Simpson scoring 311, belatedly his first Test century. England responded with 611 (

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256, Ted Dexter 174) and the match ended in the dullest of draws.

Fifth Test

Ceylon

The Australians had a stopover in

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''en route'' to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.

References

External links

CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

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1965