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285 & 317-9 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWorld
184 & 514 World flag
Overs: 76.0 RR: 4.17 vs spin: 2.50
vs seam: 6.00
 Overs: 124.3 RR: 4.13 vs spin: 3.33
vs seam: 2.77
Sat 01/01/72 Australia v World XI at Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
WORLD XI WIN World XI won by 96 runs
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World XI - 1st Inns 184 (49.3; RR: 3.72)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HM Ackerman b Lillee 0 0 0 0
SM Gavaskar c Chappell b Lillee 38 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas c Stackpole b Massie 4 0 0 0
RG Pollock c Marsh b Lillee 8 0 0 0
GS Sobers c Stackpole b Lillee 0 0 0 0
AW Greig c Benaud b Massie 66 0 0 0
FM Engineer c Marsh b Lillee 5 0 0 0
Intikhab Alam lbw b Jenner 38 0 0 0
PM Pollock lbw b Jenner 3 0 0 0
N Gifford not out 0 0 0 0
BS Bedi run out 7 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 8lb, 1w, 1nb) 15  
TOTAL 184 all out (49.3 overs; RR: 3.72)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (0.0 ov), 11-2 (0.0 ov), 26-3 (0.0 ov), 26-4 (0.0 ov), 105-5 (0.0 ov), 117-6 (0.0 ov), 151-7 (0.0 ov), 160-8 (0.0 ov), 177-9 (0.0 ov), 184-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 16.3 4 48 5 3.00 1 1
RAL Massie 14.0 3 70 2 5.00 0 0
GS Chappell 10.0 2 17 0 1.70 0 0
GD Watson 3.0 1 10 0 3.33 0 0
TJ Jenner 6.0 0 24 2 4.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 285 (71.6; RR: 3.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KR Stackpole c Ackerman b Greig 32 0 0 0
GD Watson c Pollock b Greig 16 0 0 0
IM Chappell b Pollock 21 0 0 0
J Benaud lbw b Intikhab Alam 24 0 0 0
GS Chappell not out 115 0 0 0
KD Walters b Greig 16 0 0 0
RW Marsh b Greig 4 0 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam 1 0 0 0
TJ Jenner c Engineer b Sobers 19 0 0 0
RAL Massie c Engineer b Sobers 34 0 0 0
DK Lillee c Bedi b Sobers 0 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 285 all out (71.6 overs; RR: 3.96)

Fall of wickets

58-1 (0.0 ov), 58-2 (0.0 ov), 78-3 (0.0 ov), 104-4 (0.0 ov), 133-5 (0.0 ov), 141-6 (0.0 ov), 146-7 (0.0 ov), 188-8 (0.0 ov), 285-9 (0.0 ov), 285-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PM Pollock 19.0 2 87 1 4.58 0 0
GS Sobers 14.6 0 67 3 4.79 0 0
AW Greig 16.0 4 41 4 2.56 0 0
Intikhab Alam 12.0 0 45 2 3.75 0 0
BS Bedi 6.0 0 28 0 4.67 0 0
N Gifford 4.0 0 14 0 3.50 0 0

World XI - 2nd Inns 514 (124.3; RR: 4.13)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HM Ackerman c Stackpole b Lillee 9 0 0 0
SM Gavaskar c Chappell b Jenner 27 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas c Chappell b Lillee 86 0 0 0
RG Pollock b Massie 28 0 0 0
GS Sobers c Walters b Chappell 254 0 0 0
AW Greig c & b Jenner 3 0 0 0
FM Engineer b Lillee 14 0 0 0
Intikhab Alam lbw b Watson 15 0 0 0
PM Pollock c O'Keeffe b Jenner 54 0 0 0
N Gifford not out 4 0 0 0
BS Bedi c Massie b Jenner 3 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 13lb, 3w, 1nb) 17  
TOTAL 514 all out (124.3 overs; RR: 4.13)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (0.0 ov), 87-2 (0.0 ov), 146-3 (0.0 ov), 177-4 (0.0 ov), 214-5 (0.0 ov), 248-6 (0.0 ov), 319-7 (0.0 ov), 505-8 (0.0 ov), 505-9 (0.0 ov), 514-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 30.0 3 133 3 4.43 0 0
RAL Massie 25.0 4 95 1 3.80 2 0
KD Walters 2.0 0 5 0 2.50 0 0
GD Watson 16.0 2 37 1 2.31 0 0
TJ Jenner 20.3 5 87 4 4.35 1 0
KJ O'Keeffe 27.0 5 121 0 4.48 0 0
KR Stackpole 1.0 0 7 0 7.00 0 0
GS Chappell 3.0 1 12 1 4.00 0 1

Australia - 2nd Inns 317-9 (76.0; RR: 4.17)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KR Stackpole c Engineer b Greig 24 0 0 0
GD Watson  
IM Chappell run out 41 0 0 0
J Benaud c Sobers b Intikhab Alam 42 0 0 0
GS Chappell c Sobers b Bedi 12 0 0 0
KD Walters c b Bedi 127 0 0 0
RW Marsh lbw b Bedi 0 0 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe c Sobers b Intikhab Alam 1 0 0 0
TJ Jenner c Gavaskar b Bedi 12 0 0 0
RAL Massie c & b Intikhab Alam 23 0 0 0
DK Lillee not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 2lb, 1w, 4nb) 13  
TOTAL 317-9 (76.0 overs; RR: 4.17)

Fall of wickets

35-1 (0.0 ov), 117-2 (0.0 ov), 133-3 (0.0 ov), 157-4 (0.0 ov), 158-5 (0.0 ov), 163-6 (0.0 ov), 201-7 (0.0 ov), 313-8 (0.0 ov), 317-9 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AW Greig 14.0 1 71 1 5.07 1 4
PM Pollock 1.0 0 8 0 8.00 0 0
GS Sobers 8.0 0 48 0 6.00 0 0
N Gifford 5.0 1 13 0 2.60 0 0
BS Bedi 24.0 4 81 4 3.38 0 0
Intikhab Alam 24.0 5 83 3 3.46 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v World XI at Melbourne

Date

Saturday January 1, 1972

Toss

World XI won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

JR Collins, MG O'Connell

Australia Team

Playing XI

IM Chappell, KD Walters, KR Stackpole, GD Watson, TJ Jenner, RW Marsh, GS Chappell, KJ O'Keeffe, DK Lillee, RAL Massie, J Benaud

World XI Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, Intikhab Alam, FM Engineer, PM Pollock, RG Pollock, N Gifford, BS Bedi, Zaheer Abbas, SM Gavaskar, AW Greig, HM Ackerman