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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th June 1961 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JS Buller, FS Lee |
| Scorers | GC Austin (England), JD Cameron (Australia) |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 180/8 (Allen 11*, Trueman 14*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 359/5 (Simpson 36*, Davidson 16*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 5/0 (Pullar 0*, Subba Row 5*) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 106/1 (Subba Row 68*, Dexter 5*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Pullar | b Davidson | 17 | 44 | - | |||
| R Subba Row | c Simpson b Mackay | 59 | 171 | - | |||
| ER Dexter | c Davidson b Mackay | 10 | |||||
| *MC Cowdrey | b Misson | 13 | 65 | - | - | ||
| KF Barrington | c Misson b Mackay | 21 | |||||
| MJK Smith | c Lawry b Mackay | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| R Illingworth | c Grout b Benaud | 15 | |||||
| +JT Murray | c Davidson b Benaud | 16 | |||||
| DA Allen | run out | 11 | |||||
| FS Trueman | c Burge b Benaud | 20 | 1 | ||||
| JB Statham | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.3 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (Pullar), 2-53 (Dexter), 3-88 (Cowdrey), 4-121 (Barrington), 5-121 (Smith), 6-122 (Subba Row), 7-153 (Murray), 8-156 (Illingworth), 9-181 (Allen), 10-195 (Trueman, 84.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 26 | 6 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Misson | 15 | 6 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 29 | 10 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 14.3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Lawry | c Murray b Illingworth | 57 | 110 | 6 | - | ||
| CC McDonald | c Illingworth b Statham | 22 | 58 | - | |||
| RN Harvey | lbw b Allen | 114 | 212 | 15 | - | ||
| NCL O'Neill | b Statham | 82 | 117 | 11 | - | ||
| PJP Burge | lbw b Allen | 25 | |||||
| RB Simpson | c and b Trueman | 76 | 210 | - | |||
| AK Davidson | c and b Illingworth | 22 | |||||
| KD Mackay | c Barrington b Statham | 64 | 10 | - | |||
| *R Benaud | not out | 36 | |||||
| +ATW Grout | c Dexter b Trueman | 5 | |||||
| FM Misson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 152.5 overs) | 516 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47 (McDonald), 2-106 (Lawry), 3-252 (O'Neill), 4-299 (Harvey), 5-322 (Burge), 6-381 (Davidson), 7-469 (Simpson), 8-501 (Mackay), 9-516 (Grout, 152.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 36.5 | 1 | 136 | 2 | - | - | |
| Statham | 43 | 6 | 147 | 3 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 44 | 12 | 110 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allen | 24 | 4 | 88 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Pullar | c Grout b Misson | 28 | 120 | - | |||
| R Subba Row | b Misson | 112 | 244 | 14 | - | ||
| ER Dexter | st Grout b Simpson | 180 | 344 | 31 | - | ||
| *MC Cowdrey | b Mackay | 14 | |||||
| KF Barrington | not out | 48 | 190 | - | |||
| MJK Smith | not out | 1 | |||||
| R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| +JT Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| FS Trueman | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Statham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (18 lb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 154 overs) | 401 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-93 (Pullar), 2-202 (Subba Row), 3-239 (Cowdrey), 4-400 (Dexter) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 31 | 10 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Misson | 28 | 6 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 34 | 12 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 41 | 13 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 20 | 4 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |