Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Stackpole b Gleeson	8	44	53	0	0	18.18
John Edrich	run out	49	136	181	5	0	36.02
Brian Luckhurst	b Colley	14	45	58	2	0	31.11
Mike Smith	lbw b Lillee	10	40	54	1	0	25.00
Basil D'Oliveira	b GS Chappell	23	63	72	2	0	36.50
Tony Greig	lbw b Colley	57	123	158	8	0	46.34
Alan Knott †	c †Marsh b Lillee	18	94	111	1	0	19.14
Ray Illingworth (c)	not out	26	106	125	2	0	24.52
John Snow	b Colley	3	12	20	0	0	25.00
Norman Gifford	run out	15	53	70	3	0	28.30
Geoff Arnold	c Francis b Gleeson	1	12	15	0	0	8.33
Extras	(b 10, lb 9, nb 4, w 2)	25
Total	120.4 Ov (RR: 2.06)	249
Fall of wickets: 0-13* (Geoff Boycott, retired not out), 1-50 (Brian Luckhurst), 2-86 (Mike Smith), 3-99 (John Edrich), 4-118 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-127 (Geoff Boycott), 6-190 (Tony Greig), 7-200 (Alan Knott), 8-209 (John Snow), 9-243 (Norman Gifford), 10-249 (Geoff Arnold)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	29	14	40	2	1.37	-	-	-
David Colley	33	3	83	3	2.51	-	-	-
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	-	-	-
John Inverarity	9	3	13	0	1.44	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole	lbw b Arnold	53	85	114	7	0	62.35
Bruce Francis	lbw b D'Oliveira	27	75	84	0	0	36.00
Ian Chappell (c)	c Smith b Greig	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Greg Chappell	c Greig b Snow	24	66	81	2	0	36.36
Graeme Watson	c †Knott b Arnold	2	4	8	0	0	50.00
Doug Walters	c Illingworth b Snow	17	78	102	1	0	21.79
John Inverarity	c †Knott b Arnold	4	10	6	0	0	40.00
Rod Marsh †	c Edrich b Arnold	8	13	14	1	0	61.53
David Colley	b Snow	1	8	11	0	0	12.50
John Gleeson	b Snow	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	not out	1	6	16	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 4)	5
Total	58 Ov (RR: 2.44)	142
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Bruce Francis), 2-69 (Ian Chappell), 3-91 (Keith Stackpole), 4-99 (Graeme Watson), 5-119 (Greg Chappell), 6-124 (John Inverarity), 7-134 (Rod Marsh), 8-137 (David Colley), 9-137 (John Gleeson), 10-142 (Doug Walters)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
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	2.16	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Gleeson	47	81	104	7	0	58.02
John Edrich	c †Marsh b Watson	26	104	137	4	0	25.00
Brian Luckhurst	c †Marsh b Colley	0	9	10	0	0	0.00
Mike Smith	c †Marsh b Lillee	34	99	147	2	0	34.34
Basil D'Oliveira	c Watson b Lillee	37	49	70	7	0	75.51
Tony Greig	b GS Chappell	62	116	146	6	0	53.44
Alan Knott †	c †Marsh b Lillee	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Ray Illingworth (c)	c IM Chappell b Lillee	14	50	69	1	0	28.00
John Snow	lbw b Lillee	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Norman Gifford	c †Marsh b Lillee	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Geoff Arnold	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 1)	13
Total	86.2 Ov (RR: 2.71)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Geoff Boycott), 2-65 (Brian Luckhurst), 3-81 (John Edrich), 4-140 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-182 (Mike Smith), 6-192 (Alan Knott), 7-234 (Ray Illingworth), 8-234 (John Snow), 9-234 (Norman Gifford), 10-234 (Tony Greig)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	30	8	66	6	2.20	-	-	-
David Colley	23	3	68	1	2.95	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	21.2	6	42	1	1.96	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	5	0	29	1	5.80	-	-	-
John Gleeson	7	3	16	1	2.28	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 342 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole	b Greig	67	141	201	6	0	47.51
Bruce Francis	lbw b Snow	6	7	10	1	0	85.71
Ian Chappell (c)	c †Knott b Snow	7	25	37	1	0	28.00
Greg Chappell	c D'Oliveira b Arnold	23	67	72	2	0	34.32
Graeme Watson	c & b Snow	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Doug Walters	b Greig	20	37	30	3	0	54.05
John Inverarity	c Luckhurst b D'Oliveira	3	26	16	0	0	11.53
Rod Marsh †	c †Knott b Greig	91	111	123	9	4	81.98
David Colley	c Greig b Snow	4	18	18	1	0	22.22
John Gleeson	b Greig	30	75	88	3	0	40.00
Dennis Lillee	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(w 1)	1
Total	85.2 Ov (RR: 2.95)	252
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Bruce Francis), 2-31 (Ian Chappell), 3-77 (Greg Chappell), 4-78 (Graeme Watson), 5-115 (Doug Walters), 6-120 (John Inverarity), 7-136 (Keith Stackpole), 8-147 (David Colley), 9-251 (Rod Marsh), 10-252 (John Gleeson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
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	1.43	-	-	-
Norman Gifford	3	0	29	0	9.66	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 08 Jun - day 1 - England 1st innings 147/5 (Tony Greig 26*, Alan Knott 3*)

Fri, 09 Jun - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 103/4 (Greg Chappell 15*, Doug Walters 1*)

Sat, 10 Jun - day 3 - England 2nd innings 136/3 (Mike Smith 18*, Basil D'Oliveira 35*)

Sun, 11 Jun - rest day

Mon, 12 Jun - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 57/2 (Keith Stackpole 28*, Greg Chappell 16*)

Tue, 13 Jun - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 252 (85.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1972
Series result	England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 698
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Bruce Francis David Colley Tony Greig
Umpires	Charlie Elliott Tom Spencer

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	27	2	87	4	3.22
GG Arnold	20	2	59	1	2.95
AW Greig	19.2	7	53	4	2.74
BL D'Oliveira	16	4	23	1	1.43
N Gifford	3	0	29	0	9.66

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