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255 & 281 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWorld
320 & 288-9d World flag
Overs: 61.5 RR: 4.54 vs spin: 2.98
vs seam: 2.63
 Overs: 76.0 RR: 3.79 vs spin: 1.83
vs seam: 3.07
Sat 04/12/71 Western Australia v World XI at Perth, Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
WORLD XI WIN World XI won by 72 runs
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World XI - 1st Inns 320 (71.7; RR: 4.43)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HM Ackerman c Chadwick b Thornton 50 0 0 0
FM Engineer c Inverarity b Massie 22 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas run out 112 0 0 0
AW Greig st Marsh b MacGill 58 0 0 0
RA Hutton run out 8 0 0 0
GS Sobers c & b MacGill 34 0 0 0
Intikhab Alam b MacGill 4 0 0 0
RW Taylor c Watson b Inverarity 1 0 0 0
N Gifford not out 15 0 0 0
RS Cunis c Marsh b Massie 3 0 0 0
Asif Masood b Massie 8 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 4nb) 5  
TOTAL 320 all out (71.7 overs; RR: 4.43)

Fall of wickets

34-1 (0.0 ov), 112-2 (0.0 ov), 243-3 (0.0 ov), 247-4 (0.0 ov), 273-5 (0.0 ov), 277-6 (0.0 ov), 278-7 (0.0 ov), 294-8 (0.0 ov), 302-9 (0.0 ov), 320-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JB Gannon 13.0 3 52 0 4.00 0 1
RAL Massie 13.7 1 72 3 5.54 0 0
BT Thornton 10.0 0 47 1 4.70 0 3
TMD MacGill 21.0 6 107 3 5.10 0 0
L Varis 5.0 0 23 0 4.60 0 0
RJ Inverarity 9.0 3 14 1 1.56 0 0

Western Australia - 1st Inns 255 (54.4; RR: 4.66)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GD Watson c Zaheer Abbas b Asif Masood 20 0 0 0
D Chadwick c Hutton b Cunis 8 0 0 0
RJ Inverarity c Taylor b Asif Masood 3 0 0 0
R Edwards c Engineer b Gifford 143 0 0 0
L Varis c Taylor b Greig 13 0 0 0
IJ Brayshaw c Gifford b Greig 9 0 0 0
RW Marsh st Taylor b Intikhab Alam 19 0 0 0
TMD MacGill c Gifford b Intikhab Alam 4 0 0 0
RAL Massie c Ackerman b Gifford 11 0 0 0
JB Gannon c Engineer b Gifford 11 0 0 0
BT Thornton not out 8 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 6  
TOTAL 255 all out (54.4 overs; RR: 4.66)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (0.0 ov), 29-2 (0.0 ov), 34-3 (0.0 ov), 63-4 (0.0 ov), 95-5 (0.0 ov), 116-6 (0.0 ov), 136-7 (0.0 ov), 198-8 (0.0 ov), 236-9 (0.0 ov), 255-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Asif Masood 8.0 2 39 2 4.88 0 0
RS Cunis 13.0 4 43 1 3.31 0 1
AW Greig 12.0 0 58 2 4.83 0 1
RA Hutton 2.0 1 9 0 4.50 0 0
Intikhab Alam 14.0 2 70 2 5.00 0 0
N Gifford 5.4 0 30 3 6.00 0 0

World XI - 2nd Inns 288-9 (76.0; RR: 3.79)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HM Ackerman c Marsh b Varis 9 0 0 0
FM Engineer c Marsh b Massie 28 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas c Varis b Gannon 52 0 0 0
AW Greig b Inverarity 68 0 0 0
RA Hutton c Brayshaw b Watson 8 0 0 0
GS Sobers c Marsh b Watson 0 0 0 0
Intikhab Alam c Inverarity b Watson 8 0 0 0
RW Taylor not out 51 0 0 0
N Gifford c Watson b Inverarity 1 0 0 0
RS Cunis c Inverarity b Massie 43 0 0 0
Asif Masood not out 5 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 5lb, 1w, 5nb) 15  
TOTAL 288-9 (76.0 overs; RR: 3.79)

Fall of wickets

29-1 (0.0 ov), 53-2 (0.0 ov), 146-3 (0.0 ov), 158-4 (0.0 ov), 158-5 (0.0 ov), 182-6 (0.0 ov), 182-7 (0.0 ov), 187-8 (0.0 ov), 275-9 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JB Gannon 11.0 1 45 1 4.09 0 5
RAL Massie 18.0 2 68 2 3.78 1 0
L Varis 7.0 0 32 1 4.57 0 0
BT Thornton 6.0 0 40 0 6.67 0 0
RJ Inverarity 17.0 5 43 2 2.53 0 0
GD Watson 11.0 1 32 3 2.91 0 0
TMD MacGill 6.0 1 13 0 2.17 0 0

Western Australia - 2nd Inns 281 (61.5; RR: 4.54)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Chadwick b Sobers 0 0 0 0
GD Watson lbw b Asif Masood 89 0 0 0
IJ Brayshaw c Ackerman b Cunis 20 0 0 0
R Edwards c & b Gifford 44 0 0 0
RJ Inverarity b Intikhab Alam 66 0 0 0
L Varis c Ackerman b Hutton 21 0 0 0
RW Marsh hit wicket b Intikhab Alam 1 0 0 0
TMD MacGill c Taylor b Intikhab Alam 11 0 0 0
RAL Massie c Taylor b Hutton 1 0 0 0
JB Gannon b Intikhab Alam 3 0 0 0
BT Thornton not out 16 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 6lb, 0w, 2nb) 9  
TOTAL 281 all out (61.5 overs; RR: 4.54)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (0.0 ov), 68-2 (0.0 ov), 148-3 (0.0 ov), 179-4 (0.0 ov), 221-5 (0.0 ov), 222-6 (0.0 ov), 240-7 (0.0 ov), 241-8 (0.0 ov), 254-9 (0.0 ov), 281-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 8.0 0 45 1 5.63 0 1
RS Cunis 9.0 2 34 1 3.78 0 0
AW Greig 8.0 0 56 0 7.00 0 1
N Gifford 13.0 1 54 1 4.15 0 0
Asif Masood 6.0 1 24 1 4.00 0 0
Intikhab Alam 10.5 1 40 4 4.00 0 0
RA Hutton 7.0 0 19 2 2.71 0 0

Match Info

Match

Western Australia v World XI at Perth

Date

Saturday December 4, 1971

Toss

World XI won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:00am UTC

Venue

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Umpires

NE Townsend, DL Hawks

Western Australia Team

Playing XI

GD Watson, RJ Inverarity, RW Marsh, R Edwards, RAL Massie, JB Gannon, TMD MacGill, IJ Brayshaw, D Chadwick, L Varis, BT Thornton

World XI Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, Intikhab Alam, FM Engineer, RS Cunis, N Gifford, Asif Masood, Zaheer Abbas, RW Taylor, RA Hutton, AW Greig, HM Ackerman