England v Australia
Australia won by 8 wickets
22 to 26 June 1972Lord's
England
272 & 11655.2 ov
Australiawon by 8 wickets
308 & 81/226.5 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
27291.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | bowled | 11 | 29 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 37.9 |
| John Edrich | lbw | 10 | 43 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 23.3 |
| Brian Luckhurst | bowled | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Mike Smith | bowled | 34 | 107 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 31.8 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | lbw | 32 | 49 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 65.3 |
| Tony Greig | caught | 54 | 117 | 152 | 4 | 0 | 46.2 |
| Alan Knott | caught | 43 | 82 | 113 | 4 | 0 | 52.4 |
| Ray Illingworth | lbw | 30 | 47 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 63.8 |
| John Snow | bowled | 37 | 61 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 60.7 |
| Norman Gifford | caught | 3 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| John Price | not out | 4* | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Extras | lb 6, w 1, nb 6 | 13 | |||||
| Total | all out, 91.5 overs | 272 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-22 Geoff Boycott2-23 Brian Luckhurst3-28 John Edrich4-84 Basil D'Oliveira5-97 Mike Smith6-193 Alan Knott7-200 Tony Greig8-260 Ray Illingworth9-265 John Snow10-272 Norman Gifford
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 28 | 3 | 90 | 2 | 3.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Massie | 32.5 | 7 | 84 | 8 | 2.56 | 0 | 0 |
| David Colley | 16 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Chappell | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gleeson | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
308122.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Stackpole | caught | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Bruce Francis | bowled | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ian Chappell | caught | 56 | 113 | 143 | 6 | 1 | 49.6 |
| Greg Chappell | bowled | 131 | 303 | 373 | 14 | 0 | 43.2 |
| Doug Walters | caught | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Ross Edwards | caught | 28 | 137 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 20.4 |
| John Gleeson | caught | 1 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| Rod Marsh | caught | 50 | 68 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 73.5 |
| David Colley | caught | 25 | 43 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 58.1 |
| Bob Massie | caught | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dennis Lillee | not out | 2* | 28 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| Extras | lb 7, nb 2 | 9 | |||||
| Total | all out, 122.1 overs | 308 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-1 Bruce Francis2-7 Keith Stackpole3-82 Ian Chappell4-84 Doug Walters5-190 Ross Edwards6-212 John Gleeson7-250 Greg Chappell8-290 Rod Marsh9-290 Bob Massie10-308 David Colley
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Snow | 32 | 13 | 57 | 5 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 |
| John Price | 26.1 | 5 | 87 | 2 | 3.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Greig | 29 | 6 | 74 | 1 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 17 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Gifford | 11 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Illingworth | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
11655.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | bowled | 6 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| John Edrich | caught | 6 | 38 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 15.8 |
| Brian Luckhurst | caught | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Mike Smith | caught | 30 | 99 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 30.3 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | caught | 3 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| Tony Greig | caught | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Alan Knott | caught | 12 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 46.2 |
| Ray Illingworth | caught | 12 | 39 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 30.8 |
| John Snow | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Norman Gifford | not out | 16* | 48 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| John Price | caught | 19 | 36 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 52.8 |
| Extras | w 1, nb 4 | 5 | |||||
| Total | all out, 55.2 overs | 116 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-12 Geoff Boycott2-16 Brian Luckhurst3-18 John Edrich4-25 Basil D'Oliveira5-31 Tony Greig6-52 Alan Knott7-74 Ray Illingworth8-74 John Snow9-81 Mike Smith10-116 John Price
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 21 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Massie | 27.2 | 9 | 53 | 8 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 |
| David Colley | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 81
81/226.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Stackpole | not out | 57* | 79 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 72.2 |
| Bruce Francis | caught | 9 | 25 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 |
| Ian Chappell | caught | 6 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 18.2 |
| Greg Chappell | not out | 7* | 24 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 |
| Extras | lb 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 26.5 overs | 81 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-20 Bruce Francis2-51 Ian Chappell
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Snow | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 |
| John Price | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Greig | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 8 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Luckhurst | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |