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312 & 546
Series badge World
277 & 173-5
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Overs: 102.4 RR: 5.32 vs spin: 3.87
vs seam: 4.39
Overs: 48.0 RR: 3.60 vs spin: 1.99
vs seam: 3.20
Sat 08/01/72 Australia v World XI at Sydney, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
match drawn Match Drawn
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Australia - 1st Inns 312 (69.2; RR: 4.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KR Stackpole b Bedi 104 0 0 0
RJ Inverarity c Pollock b Cunis 12 0 0 0
IM Chappell b Bedi 17 0 0 0
J Benaud c & b Intikhab Alam 54 0 0 0
GS Chappell b Bedi 0 0 0 0
KD Walters c Pollock b Asif Masood 8 0 0 0
RW Marsh not out 77 0 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe run out 20 0 0 0
TJ Jenner c Engineer b Bedi 7 0 0 0
RAL Massie b Intikhab Alam 1 0 0 0
DK Lillee c Cunis b Intikhab Alam 5 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 3lb, 0w, 2nb) 7  
TOTAL 312 all out (69.2 overs; RR: 4.50)

Fall of wickets

55-1 (0.0 ov), 101-2 (0.0 ov), 148-3 (0.0 ov), 148-4 (0.0 ov), 163-5 (0.0 ov), 232-6 (0.0 ov), 269-7 (0.0 ov), 281-8 (0.0 ov), 306-9 (0.0 ov), 312-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 6.0 1 33 0 5.50 0 0
Asif Masood 8.0 0 36 1 4.50 0 2
RS Cunis 9.0 0 48 1 5.33 0 0
AW Greig 6.0 1 28 0 4.67 0 0
BS Bedi 20.0 3 85 4 4.25 0 0
Intikhab Alam 20.2 1 75 3 3.75 0 0

World XI - 1st Inns 277 (69.6; RR: 3.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HM Ackerman c Inverarity b Massie 1 0 0 0
SM Gavaskar c Stackpole b Massie 6 0 0 0
Asif Masood c Lillee b Massie 0 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas c Stackpole b Massie 0 0 0 0
RG Pollock c Stackpole b Massie 37 0 0 0
GS Sobers c Marsh b Massie 15 0 0 0
AW Greig c Marsh b Lillee 70 0 0 0
FM Engineer c Inverarity b Jenner 36 0 0 0
Intikhab Alam not out 73 0 0 0
RS Cunis c Marsh b Inverarity 6 0 0 0
BS Bedi c O'Keeffe b Massie 19 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 8lb, 1w, 2nb) 14  
TOTAL 277 all out (69.6 overs; RR: 3.96)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (0.0 ov), 6-2 (0.0 ov), 8-3 (0.0 ov), 21-4 (0.0 ov), 61-5 (0.0 ov), 68-6 (0.0 ov), 134-7 (0.0 ov), 216-8 (0.0 ov), 230-9 (0.0 ov), 277-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 19.0 4 70 1 3.68 1 0
RAL Massie 20.6 5 76 7 3.80 0 0
GS Chappell 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0
TJ Jenner 18.0 2 69 1 3.83 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe 7.0 2 25 0 3.57 0 2
RJ Inverarity 2.0 0 6 1 3.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 546 (102.4; RR: 5.32)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RJ Inverarity b Cunis 9 0 0 0
KR Stackpole b Sobers 95 0 0 0
IM Chappell c Engineer b Asif Masood 119 0 0 0
J Benaud c Ackerman b Bedi 17 0 0 0
GS Chappell not out 197 0 0 0
KD Walters b Intikhab Alam 4 0 0 0
RW Marsh c Gavaskar b Asif Masood 22 0 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe st Engineer b Bedi 54 0 0 0
TJ Jenner c Sobers b Intikhab Alam 14 0 0 0
RAL Massie c Ackerman b Intikhab Alam 0 0 0 0
DK Lillee b Intikhab Alam 2 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 3lb, 0w, 4nb) 13  
TOTAL 546 all out (102.4 overs; RR: 5.32)

Fall of wickets

32-1 (0.0 ov), 185-2 (0.0 ov), 207-3 (0.0 ov), 294-4 (0.0 ov), 301-5 (0.0 ov), 350-6 (0.0 ov), 484-7 (0.0 ov), 541-8 (0.0 ov), 541-9 (0.0 ov), 546-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Asif Masood 13.0 0 84 2 6.46 0 2
RS Cunis 15.0 1 80 1 5.33 0 0
GS Sobers 13.0 0 63 1 4.85 0 0
BS Bedi 29.0 2 144 2 4.97 0 0
AW Greig 8.0 2 30 0 3.75 0 1
Intikhab Alam 24.4 1 132 4 5.50 0 1

World XI - 2nd Inns 173-5 (48.0; RR: 3.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HM Ackerman c Chappell b Inverarity 87 0 0 0
SM Gavaskar not out 68 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas b O'Keeffe 1 0 0 0
RG Pollock c Inverarity b O'Keeffe 0 0 0 0
GS Sobers b Inverarity 2 0 0 0
FM Engineer c Stackpole b O'Keeffe 2 0 0 0
Intikhab Alam not out 1 0 0 0
Asif Masood  
AW Greig  
RS Cunis  
BS Bedi  
Extras (2b, 7lb, 2w, 1nb) 12  
TOTAL 173-5 (48.0 overs; RR: 3.60)

Fall of wickets

155-1 (0.0 ov), 156-2 (0.0 ov), 156-3 (0.0 ov), 159-4 (0.0 ov), 164-5 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 7.0 2 28 0 4.00 1 0
RAL Massie 4.0 1 19 0 4.75 1 0
GS Chappell 5.0 1 29 0 5.80 0 1
TJ Jenner 6.0 1 20 0 3.33 0 0
RJ Inverarity 14.0 6 31 2 2.21 0 0
KJ O'Keeffe 12.0 1 34 3 2.83 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v World XI at Sydney

Date

Saturday January 8, 1972

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

TF Brooks, PR Enright

Australia Team

Playing XI

IM Chappell, KD Walters, KR Stackpole, RJ Inverarity, 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, RG Pollock, RS Cunis, BS Bedi, Asif Masood, Zaheer Abbas, SM Gavaskar, AW Greig, HM Ackerman