England v Australia
Australia won by 5 wickets
10 to 16 August 1972The Oval
England
284 & 356121.2 ov
Australiawon by 5 wickets
399 & 242/592.2 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
28492.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Wood | caught | 26 | 81 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 32.1 |
| John Edrich | lbw | 8 | 38 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 |
| Peter Parfitt | bowled | 51 | 128 | 182 | 4 | 0 | 39.8 |
| John Hampshire | caught | 42 | 79 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 53.2 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | caught | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Tony Greig | caught | 16 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 64.0 |
| Ray Illingworth | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alan Knott | caught | 92 | 126 | 135 | 17 | 0 | 73.0 |
| John Snow | caught | 3 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Geoff Arnold | bowled | 22 | 51 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 43.1 |
| Derek Underwood | not out | 3* | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Extras | lb 8, w 1, nb 8 | 17 | |||||
| Total | all out, 92.2 overs | 284 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-25 John Edrich2-50 Barry Wood3-133 John Hampshire4-142 Basil D'Oliveira5-145 Peter Parfitt6-145 Ray Illingworth7-159 Tony Greig8-181 John Snow9-262 Geoff Arnold10-284 Alan Knott
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 24.2 | 7 | 58 | 5 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Massie | 27 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 2.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Watson | 12 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Mallett | 23 | 4 | 80 | 3 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Chappell | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| John Inverarity | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
399151.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Watson | caught | 13 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 |
| Keith Stackpole | bowled | 18 | 31 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 58.1 |
| Ian Chappell | caught | 118 | 267 | 330 | 20 | 0 | 44.2 |
| Greg Chappell | caught | 113 | 226 | 241 | 17 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Ross Edwards | bowled | 79 | 178 | 222 | 9 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Paul Sheahan | caught | 5 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 22.7 |
| Rod Marsh | bowled | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| John Inverarity | caught | 28 | 110 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 25.5 |
| Ashley Mallett | run out | 5 | 39 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 |
| Bob Massie | bowled | 4 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| Dennis Lillee | not out | 0* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 8, w 1, nb 7 | 16 | |||||
| Total | all out, 151.5 overs | 399 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-24 Graeme Watson2-34 Keith Stackpole3-235 Greg Chappell4-296 Ian Chappell5-310 Paul Sheahan6-310 Rod Marsh7-383 Ross Edwards8-387 John Inverarity9-399 Bob Massie10-399 Ashley Mallett
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Arnold | 35 | 11 | 87 | 3 | 2.49 | 0 | 0 |
| John Snow | 34.5 | 5 | 111 | 1 | 3.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Greig | 18 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 9 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Underwood | 38 | 16 | 90 | 4 | 2.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Illingworth | 17 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
356121.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Wood | lbw | 90 | 216 | 272 | 15 | 0 | 41.7 |
| John Edrich | bowled | 18 | 54 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Peter Parfitt | bowled | 18 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 85.7 |
| John Hampshire | caught | 20 | 39 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 51.3 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | caught | 43 | 96 | 115 | 8 | 0 | 44.8 |
| Tony Greig | caught | 29 | 72 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 40.3 |
| Ray Illingworth | lbw | 31 | 54 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 57.4 |
| Alan Knott | bowled | 63 | 98 | 128 | 9 | 0 | 64.3 |
| John Snow | caught | 14 | 44 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 31.8 |
| Geoff Arnold | lbw | 4 | 38 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Derek Underwood | not out | 0* | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 11, lb 8, nb 7 | 26 | |||||
| Total | all out, 121.2 overs | 356 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-56 John Edrich2-81 Peter Parfitt3-114 John Hampshire4-194 Barry Wood5-205 Basil D'Oliveira6-270 Tony Greig7-271 Ray Illingworth8-333 John Snow9-356 Geoff Arnold10-356 Alan Knott
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 32.2 | 8 | 123 | 5 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Massie | 32 | 10 | 77 | 2 | 2.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Watson | 19 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Mallett | 23 | 7 | 66 | 2 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 |
| John Inverarity | 15 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 242
242/592.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Watson | lbw | 6 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Keith Stackpole | caught | 79 | 163 | 201 | 9 | 0 | 48.5 |
| Ian Chappell | caught | 37 | 149 | 193 | 5 | 0 | 24.8 |
| Greg Chappell | lbw | 16 | 56 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Ross Edwards | lbw | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Paul Sheahan | not out | 44* | 121 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Rod Marsh | not out | 43* | 51 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 84.3 |
| Extras | lb 6, nb 10 | 16 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 92.2 overs | 242 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400
1-16 Graeme Watson2-132 Keith Stackpole3-136 Ian Chappell4-137 Ross Edwards5-171 Greg Chappell
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Arnold | 15 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1.73 | 0 | 0 |
| John Snow | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Greig | 25.3 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 1.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Underwood | 35 | 11 | 94 | 2 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Illingworth | 8.5 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 2.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Parfitt | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |