- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras14 (b 1, lb 6, nb 7)TOTAL441/5d (85.5 Overs, RR: 3.86 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-60 (AP Sheahan), 2-183 (IM Chappell), 3-273 (IR Redpath), 4-295 (J Benaud), 5-441 (RW Marsh)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Asif Masood 17 0 97 0 4.27 0 0 Saleem Altaf 9 0 49 0 4.08 0 0 Sarfraz Nawaz 22.5 4 100 2 3.31 0 0 Intikhab Alam 16 0 101 2 4.73 0 0 Majid Khan 21 2 80 0 2.85 0 0
28/12Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 29 1972 - Jan 3 1973
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441/5d & 425 -
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574/8d & 200 (57.5 ov)
28/12Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 29 1972 - Jan 3 1973
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441/5d & 425 -
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574/8d & 200 (57.5 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 12, lb 7, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL574/8d (124.6 Overs, RR: 3.45 per 6 ball)Did not bat: Asif MasoodFall of wickets: 1-128 (Zaheer Abbas), 2-323 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-395 (Saeed Ahmed), 4-416 (Majid Khan), 5-429 (Asif Iqbal), 6-519 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 7-541 (Wasim Bari), 8-572 (Intikhab Alam)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DK Lillee 16.6 1 90 1 4.02 0 0 JR Thomson 17 1 100 0 4.41 0 0 MHN Walker 24 1 112 2 3.50 0 0 AA Mallett 38 4 124 3 2.44 0 0 KJ O'Keeffe 23 1 94 1 3.06 0 0 IM Chappell 5 0 21 0 3.15 0 0 IR Redpath 1 0 10 0 7.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (lb 3, nb 9)TOTAL425 all out (87.6 Overs, RR: 3.63 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (IR Redpath), 2-251 (J Benaud), 3-288 (AP Sheahan), 4-298 (IM Chappell), 5-305 (RW Marsh), 6-375 (GS Chappell), 7-391 (AA Mallett), 8-392 (KJ O'Keeffe), 9-418 (MHN Walker), 10-425 (DK Lillee)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Asif Masood 12 0 100 2 6.25 0 0 Saleem Altaf 14 0 50 2 2.67 0 0 Sarfraz Nawaz 22 2 99 2 3.37 0 0 Intikhab Alam 15.6 3 70 1 3.33 0 0 Majid Khan 17 1 61 1 2.69 0 0 Mushtaq Mohammad 7 0 33 0 3.53 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL200 all out (57.5 Overs, RR: 2.6 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Saeed Ahmed), 2-15 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-80 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-83 (Majid Khan), 5-128 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 6-138 (Asif Iqbal), 7-138 (Wasim Bari), 8-161 (Saleem Altaf), 9-181 (Sarfraz Nawaz), 10-200 (Intikhab Alam)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DK Lillee 11 1 59 2 4.02 0 0 JR Thomson 2 0 10 0 3.75 0 0 MHN Walker 14 3 39 3 2.08 0 0 AA Mallett 17.5 3 56 1 2.38 0 0 KJ O'Keeffe 9 4 10 1 0.83 0 0 IM Chappell 3 0 16 0 4.00 0 0 GS Chappell 1 0 10 0 7.50 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Series result
Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
29,30 December 1972, 1,2,3 January 1973 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
Balls per over
8
Close of Play
- Fri, 29 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 349/4 (GS Chappell 71*, RW Marsh 27*)
- Sat, 30 Dec - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 292/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 125*, Majid Khan 92*, 59 ov)
- Sun, 31 Dec - rest day
- Mon, 01 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 47/1 (AP Sheahan 27*, J Benaud 11*)
- Tue, 02 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 416/8 (MHN Walker 10*, JR Thomson 15*)
- Wed, 03 Jan - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 200 (57.5 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Saeed Ahmed (1) retired hurt on 18* from 31/0 to 323/2
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