West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1968–69

| rain = 26 January was taken as a rest day.

| rain = 26 January was taken as a rest day.

| notes = 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 [[Wide (cricket)|wides]] being bowled.<ref name="Walmsley">{{cite book|last1=Walmsley|first1=Keith|title=Mosts Without in Test Cricket|date=2003|publisher=Keith Walmsley|location=Reading, England|isbn=0947540067|pages=375}}</ref>

| notes = 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 [[Wide (cricket)|wides]] being bowled.<ref name="Walmsley">{{cite book|last1=Walmsley|first1=Keith|title=Mosts Without in Test Cricket|date=2003|publisher=Keith Walmsley|location=Reading, England|isbn=0947540067|pages=375}}</ref>

* This Test also set the record for the highest match aggregate in a 5-day Test match and held it until [[English_cricket_team_in_Pakistan_in_2022–23#1st_Test|the Rawalpindi Test]] of England's tour of Pakistan from 1–5 December 2022 with a total of 1,768 runs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Highest match aggregates |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284002.html |website=ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>

* This Test set the record for the highest match aggregate in a 5-day Test match and held it until [[English_cricket_team_in_Pakistan_in_2022–23#1st_Test|the Rawalpindi Test]] of England's tour of Pakistan from 1–5 December 2022 with a total of 1,768 runs. The 1,764 aggregate remains the 4th highest in Test history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Highest match aggregates |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284002.html |website=ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>

* The Test is also one of the closest drawn Tests as the match was drawn with nine wickets down with 21 runs required. There are only 4 drawn Test matches where there was just one wicket required and fewer runs remaining for either side to win.<ref>{{cite web |title=Closest draws by wickets remaining |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/closest-draws-by-wickets-remaining-283936 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> Garry Sobers called it "the most exciting match I have played in next to the tied Test." <ref>{{cite web |title=West Indies play thriller at Adelaide in 1969

Australia and West Indies play thrilling draw at Adelaide in 1969 |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/australia-and-west-indies-play-thrilling-draw-at-adelaide-in-1969-90395/ |website=cricketcountry |publisher=Indiadotcom Digital Pvt Ltd |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>

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