the injury forced benaud out of the next test, meaning that harvey finally captained australia at the highest level, in the second test at lord's, with davidson carrying an injury and wicketkeeper wally grout with a black eye. this meant that australia's two best bowlers were injured, although davidson agreed to play. played on a controversial pitch with a noticeable ridge running across it, which caused irregular bounce, it was one of the great test matches, known as "the battle of the ridge". davidson took 5/42 and bruised many of the english batsmen with the irregular bounce as the hosts were bowled out for 205. australia then replied with 339, in large part due to bill lawry's 130, during which he sustained many blows. in the second innings, harvey's captaincy moves proved to be highly productive. he gave the new ball to graham mckenzie, a young paceman playing in his first international series. mckenzie responded by taking 5/37. harvey brought the part-time leg spin of bob simpson into the attack when ray illingworth had just arrived at the crease, and moved himself into the leg slip position. illingworth edged simpson into harvey's hands for a duck. england fell for 202, leaving australia a target of 69.