England v Australia
Australia won by 5 wickets
26 August 1972Lord's
England
236/955 ov
Australiawon by 5 wickets
240/551.3 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
236/955 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | bowled | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Dennis Amiss | bowled | 25 | 65 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Brian Close | run out | 43 | 40 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 107.5 |
| Keith Fletcher | caught | 20 | 56 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 35.7 |
| John Hampshire | stumped | 13 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 40.6 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | caught | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 |
| Tony Greig | bowled | 31 | 43 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 72.1 |
| Alan Knott | caught | 50 | 50 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Bob Woolmer | run out | 9 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 |
| John Snow | not out | 5* | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 |
| Geoff Arnold | not out | 11* | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 3 | 15 | |||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 55 overs | 236 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240
1-11 Geoff Boycott2-65 Brian Close3-87 Dennis Amiss4-114 John Hampshire5-121 Basil D'Oliveira6-121 Keith Fletcher7-198 Tony Greig8-217 Alan Knott9-218 Bob Woolmer
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 11 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Massie | 11 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 3.18 | 0 | 0 |
| David Colley | 11 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 6.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Mallett | 11 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Chappell | 11 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.09 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 237
240/551.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Stackpole | lbw | 52 | 70 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 74.3 |
| Ross Edwards | caught | 6 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 |
| Ian Chappell | caught | 31 | 58 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 53.4 |
| Greg Chappell | lbw | 48 | 82 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 58.5 |
| Paul Sheahan | caught | 50 | 71 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 70.4 |
| Graeme Watson | not out | 11* | 15 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 73.3 |
| Rod Marsh | not out | 6* | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 14, w 12, nb 4 | 36 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 51.3 overs | 240 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240
1-44 Ross Edwards2-112 Keith Stackpole3-116 Ian Chappell4-219 Greg Chappell5-224 Paul Sheahan
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Snow | 11 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 3.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Arnold | 11 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 11 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Greig | 9 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Woolmer | 9.3 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4.95 | 0 | 0 |