Politics away from cricket take centre stage as Test series is drawn

Paul Edwards continues his look into the Ashes archive with a trip back to the enthralling 1968 series that met a thrilling climax at the Oval, all while the waters were chopping against the looming Basil D’Oliveira affair…
Almost half a century later the photograph of the final dismissal in the 1968 Ashes series retains its dramatic power. All the players on the field are pictured and ten of them are clearly appealing for lbw against John Inverarity, who has moved well outside off-stump, as though suggesti...