f28968	Australia v World XI
	World XI in Australia 1971/72
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th January 1972 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	World XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	World XI won by 96 runs
Umpires	JR Collins, MG O'Connell
Scorers	BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (World XI)
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 58/1 (IM Chappell 21*)
Close of play day 2	World XI (2) 42/1 (Gavaskar 12*, Zaheer Abbas 21*)
Close of play day 3	World XI (2) 344/7 (Sobers 139*, PM Pollock 9*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 139/3 (Benaud 34*, Walters 2*)

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World XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Ackerman	b Lillee	0
SM Gavaskar	c GS Chappell b Lillee	38
Zaheer Abbas	c Stackpole b Massie	4
RG Pollock	c Marsh b Lillee	8
*GS Sobers	c Stackpole b Lillee	0
AW Greig	c Benaud b Massie	66
+FM Engineer	c Marsh b Lillee	5
Intikhab Alam	lbw b Jenner	38
PM Pollock	lbw b Jenner	3
N Gifford	not out	0
BS Bedi	run out (Massie->Walters)	7
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 256 minutes, 49.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-26, 4-26, 5-105, 6-117, 7-151, 8-160, 9-177, 10-184 (49.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	16.3	4	48	5	1	1
Massie	14	3	70	2	-	-
GS Chappell	10	2	17	0	-	-
Watson	3	1	10	0	-	-
Jenner	6	0	24	2	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Stackpole	c Ackerman b Greig	32
GD Watson	c RG Pollock b Greig	16
*IM Chappell	b PM Pollock	21
J Benaud	lbw b Intikhab Alam	24
GS Chappell	not out	115
KD Walters	b Greig	16
+RW Marsh	b Greig	4
KJ O'Keeffe	c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam	1
TJ Jenner	c Engineer b Sobers	19
RAL Massie	c Engineer b Sobers	34
DK Lillee	c Bedi b Sobers	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 363 minutes, 71.6 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-58, 3-78, 4-104, 5-133, 6-141, 7-146, 8-188, 9-285, 10-285 (71.6 ov)

World XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	19	2	87	1	-	-
Sobers	14.6	0	67	3	-	-
Greig	16	4	41	4	-	-
Intikhab Alam	12	0	45	2	-	-
Bedi	6	0	28	0	-	-
Gifford	4	0	14	0	-	-

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World XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Ackerman	c Stackpole b Lillee	9
SM Gavaskar	c IM Chappell b Jenner	27
Zaheer Abbas	c IM Chappell b Lillee	86
RG Pollock	b Massie	28
*GS Sobers	c Walters b GS Chappell	254
AW Greig	c and b Jenner	3
+FM Engineer	b Lillee	14
Intikhab Alam	lbw b Watson	15
PM Pollock	c O'Keeffe b Jenner	54
N Gifford	not out	4
BS Bedi	c Massie b Jenner	3
Extras	(13 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(all out, 598 minutes, 124.3 overs)	514
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-87, 3-146, 4-177, 5-214, 6-248, 7-319, 8-505, 9-505, 10-514 (124.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	30	3	133	3	-	-
Massie	25	4	95	1	2	-
Walters	2	0	5	0	-	-
Watson	16	2	37	1	-	-
Jenner	20.3	5	87	4	1	-
O'Keeffe	27	5	121	0	-	-
Stackpole	1	0	7	0	-	-
GS Chappell	3	1	12	1	-	1

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Stackpole	c Engineer b Greig	24
GD Watson	retired hurt	21
*IM Chappell	run out (Intikhab Alam->Engineer)	41
J Benaud	c Sobers b Intikhab Alam	42
GS Chappell	c Sobers b Bedi	12
KD Walters	c sub (RS Cunis) b Bedi	127
+RW Marsh	lbw b Bedi	0
KJ O'Keeffe	c Sobers b Intikhab Alam	1
TJ Jenner	c Gavaskar b Bedi	12
RAL Massie	c and b Intikhab Alam	23
DK Lillee	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 328 minutes, 76 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-117, 3-133, 4-157, 5-158, 6-163, 7-201, 8-313, 9-317 (76 ov)

World XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greig	14	1	71	1	1	4
PM Pollock	1	0	8	0	-	-
Sobers	8	0	48	0	-	-
Gifford	5	1	13	0	-	-
Bedi	24	4	81	4	-	-
Intikhab Alam	24	5	83	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 5 Lunch: Australia (2) ?/? (Walters 104*, [unknown] ?*)
--> RAL Massie (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> RAL Massie made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> J Benaud made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> BS Bedi reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> GD Watson retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 4 (team score 7/0) - he returned when the score was 58/1
--> GD Watson retired hurt in the Australia second innings having scored 21 (team score 56/1)

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