RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 8 June, 1972, Old Trafford & Match Stats

ENG

249/10 (120.4 ov) & 234/10 (86.2 ov)

AUS

142/10 (58.0 ov) & 252/10 (85.2 ov)

England won by 89 runs

England 1st Innings

249/10 (120.4 ov)

RR 2.07

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott c Stackpole b Gleeson	8	44	0	0	18.18
John Edrich run out	49	136	5	0	36.03
Brian Luckhurst b Colley	14	45	2	0	31.11
Mike Smith lbw b Lillee	10	40	1	0	25.00
Basil D'Oliveira b GS Chappell	23	63	2	0	36.51
Tony Greig lbw b Colley	57	123	8	0	46.34
Alan Knott c †Marsh b Lillee	18	94	1	0	19.15
Ray Illingworth not out	26	106	2	0	24.53
John Snow b Colley	3	12	0	0	25.00
Norman Gifford run out	15	53	3	0	28.30
Geoff Arnold c Francis b Gleeson	1	12	0	0	8.33
EXTRAS (b 10, lb 9, w 2, nb 4, p 0)	25
TOTAL (2.07 RUNS PER OVER)	249/10 (120.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 127-5 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 99-3 (John Edrich, 0 ov), 50-1 (Brian Luckhurst, 0 ov), 86-2 (Mike Smith, 0 ov), 118-4 (Basil D'Oliveira, 0 ov), 190-6 (Tony Greig, 0 ov), 200-7 (Alan Knott, 0 ov), 209-8 (John Snow, 0 ov), 243-9 (Norman Gifford, 0 ov), 249-10 (Geoff Arnold, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	29	14	40	2	1.38
David Colley	33	3	83	3	2.52
Greg Chappell	16	6	28	1	1.75
Doug Walters	5	1	7	0	1.40
Graeme Watson	4	2	8	0	2.00
John Gleeson	24.4	10	45	2	1.82
Robert Inverarity	9	3	13	0	1.44

Australia 1st Innings

142/10 (58.0 ov)

RR 2.45

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole lbw b Arnold	53	85	7	0	62.35
Bruce Francis lbw b D'Oliveira	27	75	0	0	36.00
Ian Michael Chappell c Smith b Greig	0	1	0	0	0.00
Greg Chappell c Greig b Snow	24	66	2	0	36.36
Graeme Watson c †Knott b Arnold	2	4	0	0	50.00
Doug Walters c Illingworth b Snow	17	78	1	0	21.79
Robert Inverarity c †Knott b Arnold	4	10	0	0	40.00
Rod Marsh c Edrich b Arnold	8	13	1	0	61.54
David Colley b Snow	1	8	0	0	12.50
John Gleeson b Snow	0	2	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee not out	1	6	0	0	16.67
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	5
TOTAL (2.45 RUNS PER OVER)	142/10 (58.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 91-3 (Keith Stackpole, 0 ov), 68-1 (Bruce Francis, 0 ov), 99-4 (Graeme Watson, 0 ov), 142-10 (Doug Walters, 0 ov), 124-6 (Robert Inverarity, 0 ov), 134-7 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 137-8 (David Colley, 0 ov), 137-9 (John Gleeson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
John Snow	20	7	41	4	2.05
Geoff Arnold	25	4	62	4	2.48
Tony Greig	7	1	21	1	3.00
Basil D'Oliveira	6	1	13	1	2.17

England 2nd Innings

234/10 (86.2 ov)

RR 2.71

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott lbw b Gleeson	47	81	7	0	58.02
John Edrich c †Marsh b Watson	26	104	4	0	25.00
Brian Luckhurst c †Marsh b Colley	0	9	0	0	0.00
Mike Smith c †Marsh b Lillee	34	99	2	0	34.34
Basil D'Oliveira c Watson b Lillee	37	49	7	0	75.51
Tony Greig b GS Chappell	62	116	6	0	53.45
Alan Knott c †Marsh b Lillee	1	8	0	0	12.50
Ray Illingworth c IM Chappell b Lillee	14	50	1	0	28.00
John Snow lbw b Lillee	0	2	0	0	0.00
Norman Gifford c †Marsh b Lillee	0	1	0	0	0.00
Geoff Arnold not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	13
TOTAL (2.71 RUNS PER OVER)	234/10 (86.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 60-1 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 81-3 (John Edrich, 0 ov), 65-2 (Brian Luckhurst, 0 ov), 182-5 (Mike Smith, 0 ov), 140-4 (Basil D'Oliveira, 0 ov), 234-10 (Tony Greig, 0 ov), 192-6 (Alan Knott, 0 ov), 234-7 (Ray Illingworth, 0 ov), 234-8 (John Snow, 0 ov), 234-9 (Norman Gifford, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Dennis Lillee	30	8	66	6	2.20
David Colley	23	3	68	1	2.96
Greg Chappell	21.2	6	42	1	1.97
Graeme Watson	5	0	29	1	5.80
John Gleeson	7	3	16	1	2.29

Australia 2nd Innings (target 342)

252/10 (85.2 ov)

RR 2.96

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole b Greig	67	141	6	0	47.52
Bruce Francis lbw b Snow	6	7	1	0	85.71
Ian Michael Chappell c †Knott b Snow	7	25	1	0	28.00
Greg Chappell c D'Oliveira b Arnold	23	67	2	0	34.33
Graeme Watson c & b Snow	0	3	0	0	0.00
Doug Walters b Greig	20	37	3	0	54.05
Robert Inverarity c Luckhurst b D'Oliveira	3	26	0	0	11.54
Rod Marsh c †Knott b Greig	91	111	9	4	81.98
David Colley c Greig b Snow	4	18	1	0	22.22
John Gleeson b Greig	30	75	3	0	40.00
Dennis Lillee not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	1
TOTAL (2.96 RUNS PER OVER)	252/10 (85.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 136-7 (Keith Stackpole, 0 ov), 9-1 (Bruce Francis, 0 ov), 78-4 (Graeme Watson, 0 ov), 115-5 (Doug Walters, 0 ov), 120-6 (Robert Inverarity, 0 ov), 251-9 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 147-8 (David Colley, 0 ov), 252-10 (John Gleeson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
John Snow	27	2	87	4	3.22
Geoff Arnold	20	2	59	1	2.95
Tony Greig	19.2	7	53	4	2.74
Basil D'Oliveira	16	4	23	1	1.44
Norman Gifford	3	0	29	0	9.67

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Thursday, June 08, 1972 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Old Trafford, Manchester